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I don't think you would be bussing tables at Denny's right now should you have been unlucky enough to be fired due to the pandemic. I think it is fairly ugly to suggest that others do that either. I think it is fair to expect that they should be able to do what you would be doing- searching for a job and waiting for the labor market to get to the point that a job similar to the one you previously held is available again.
If its good enough for you, it should be good enough for them.
As far as the whole get educated and get a job platitude, come back to me when this country is willing to invest in a generation of children without actively trying to, among other things:
a. put their parents in jail for being poor;
b. toss their entire living situation into upheaval if someone gets sick or loses a job;
c. destroy their school so that certain white kids don't have to go to school with black/brown kids; and
d. deny appropriate sex education or freely available contraceptives.
You're theory is that there is a micro solution to a macro problem. I believe there is a macro solution to a macro problem. My solution is hard as hell, not guaranteed to be 100% effective, and will require every level of our society to work together to improve the options for kids born into poverty and those who transition into poverty during childhood. Yours requires nothing but said platitudes, judgment, and a few tax-deductible contributions to your charity of choice. Not surprising that solution is attractive to certain types of people.
My solution is free to the end user, achievable and effective. Telling people that the system is out to get them isn't a solution at all.