Its sort of like when a large company, of say 10,000 workers needs to lay off 1,000, but instead takes some of the wages from the 9,000 and pays the 1,000 and keeps enough itself to make up its payroll reduction.
The company is happy, they have met their financial goals, everyone is employed.... is it fair? Depends on if you are one of the 1,000 or the 9,000.
There is a political science name for this, but I can't put my finger on it at the moment
