Mecky Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 They can always decline this opportunity and forfeit their benefits. And who is going to buy their food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERVIEWER Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Do you want to help people get back into work and break out of the benefit culture ? Of course, but this Tory/Lib Dem forced manual labour programme is not really about getting the long term unemployed into sustainable employment. Such a programme will add little in the way of skills to the unemployed, but it will provide employers with a pool of free labour for their manual work. This 'Work' programme will be demeaning to the unpaid employee, forced to do manual work for below minimum wage rates, and unfair to low paid manual workers who will be kept out of paid jobs as a result. This type of workfare has distorted the availability and wage rates of low paid manual jobs in the United States, with businesses that do not take on free labour unable to compete with those that do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 This 'Work' programme will be demeaning to the unpaid employee, forced to do manual work for below minimum wage rates, and unfair to low paid manual workers who will be kept out of paid jobs as a result.How else would you suggest making the workshy get out of bed, or benefit fraudsters give up their cash jobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 So everyone who is unemployed doesn't get up in the morning? My brother-in-law ran his own business and used to get up at 10:00 am every day. You and most others know this whole thing is a bad idea and are probably just looking for an argument. You sound like Percy Sugden. We are talking about the people who have lost the regular work lifestyle. I think it is a good idea, why don't you ? Would you prefer people to drift along living on benefits ? Who is Percy Sugden ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 And who is going to buy their food? Choices and consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 And who is going to buy their food?If they aren't willing to do a little in exchange for their benefits, they don't deserve free food at the expense of others who are willing to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 We are talking about the people who have lost the regular work lifestyle. I think it is a good idea, why don't you ? Would you prefer people to drift along living on benefits ? Who is Percy Sugden ? It may infringe upon Article 4 of ECHR People will still be drifting along on benefits Use google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Choices and consequences.Nicely put - it is their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espadrille Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 We are talking about the people who have lost the regular work lifestyle. I think it is a good idea, why don't you ? Would you prefer people to drift along living on benefits ? Who is Percy Sugden ? http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=Percy+sugden&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=1PDXTN6HPM2TjAep49itCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQsAQwAQ&biw=1845&bih=964 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 If they aren't willing to do a little in exchange for their benefits, they don't deserve free food at the expense of others who are willing to work. Food is not free in the majority of cases, it is provided by the farming industry and produce is largely bought from shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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