Capitalism Gone Wild: Cuddles For Higher

 

“It’s a department desperately in trouble . . . they’ve really got to change the culture of it,” said Stogran, who commanded ground troops in Afghanistan and later served as veterans ombudsman.

As veterans ombudsman, Stogran said he warned two ministers that what was unfolding in the department “was a scandal about to erupt.”

The idea of someone presenting evidence about an emerging crisis that will blow up in government's face - and being ignored! - is clearly preposterous.  History's actors are rational actors, don't you know.  Like Mike Duffy or Dean del Mastro.

The government workplace is especially toxic. Public servants are off work due to diagnosable mental disorders at a rate 300% higher than the general workforce.– Bill Wilkerson, co-founder of the Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health 

Weak public servants, clearly.  They're all less than human for their sociological needs.  All should be action-oriented and money-focused!

And yet.
 

“It came from a place of care for my fellow human beings,” she said. “I can walk down the street and sometimes it feels like an extrasensory perception; you can tell who hasn’t had human contact in a long time and who has.”

 

Anderson said she has a wide range of clients, from people who are grieving the loss of a loved one to others who have a physical or mental disability and haven’t experienced human touch for years.

 

 It's not a bad thing this - a woman has recognized a demand, crafted a solution and is selling it.  That's fundamentally how our economics is supposed to work.  Supply and demand.  Even those who view prostitution as criminal shouldn't have anything against cuddles.

 

Maybe, instead of offering tax cuts to service providers who need more care than that, hug vouchers could be a thing.