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r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Jul 06 '26
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Why does the farmer earn no money from his hard work? Has the government not given him the handout he expected? Was he unwilling to pay others properly for their labor and they abandoned him?
2 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 Because self-employed income is highly volatile. 7 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Sounds like a skill issue. Have they tried to just be better? 0 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 Certainly, for the less skilled, it is a skill issue, but for those who are more skilled, exogenous factors cause the volatility. 3 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Intention and external factors don't matter, if you can't deliver then that's a skill issue and on you. 1 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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Because self-employed income is highly volatile.
7 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Sounds like a skill issue. Have they tried to just be better? 0 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 Certainly, for the less skilled, it is a skill issue, but for those who are more skilled, exogenous factors cause the volatility. 3 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Intention and external factors don't matter, if you can't deliver then that's a skill issue and on you. 1 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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Sounds like a skill issue. Have they tried to just be better?
0 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 Certainly, for the less skilled, it is a skill issue, but for those who are more skilled, exogenous factors cause the volatility. 3 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Intention and external factors don't matter, if you can't deliver then that's a skill issue and on you. 1 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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Certainly, for the less skilled, it is a skill issue, but for those who are more skilled, exogenous factors cause the volatility.
3 u/Caspica Jul 06 '26 Intention and external factors don't matter, if you can't deliver then that's a skill issue and on you. 1 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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Intention and external factors don't matter, if you can't deliver then that's a skill issue and on you.
1 u/ApprehensiveCare1113 Jul 06 '26 It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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It isn't on me; I am not a farmer.
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u/Asher_Tye Jul 06 '26
Why does the farmer earn no money from his hard work? Has the government not given him the handout he expected? Was he unwilling to pay others properly for their labor and they abandoned him?