Similar to the occasional poster in the mortgages forum with a fixed rate looking for a way out of it that they don't have to pay. People seem to have got the notion that they don't have to pay for themselves and their choices. That there is someone else that they can appeal to, stamp their foot at and get what they want. Effectively these individuals act as overgrown children and expect the state to "parent" them. They want no responsibility for themselves when things get hard.The idea of debt forgiveness seems to be cropping up quite a bit in the mainstream media of late.
It might be time to load up the credit card so, as a taxpayer, I'm not lumbered with paying for other people's foreign holidays and timber decking whilst having noting to show for it myself. That's what you're supposed to do, right?
An employer is effectively in debt to their employees for the wages. How would these people feel if the same logic was applied to their wages and the employer decided not to pay?