Scroungers, just scroungers, do you admire them?

[Cyclone]

I haven't sent you a PM.

 

For a layman though, you've had a good stab at sounding pompous.

[MrSmith]

You've ignored the points about supervision, training, equipment, etc... And of course causing the man who drives the machine to lose his job.

 

No I haven't, the man that used to clean out streets as already lost his job because of cut backs, he could have supervised and trained the unemployed to help him do a better job than he alone could do. Supplying men with shears is cheaper than buying, running and maintaining a machine and the man that drives the machine could supervise a team of labours to do it by hand. Getting everyone into work is both possible and desirable without any increase in cost to the tax payer.

[gnvqsos]

I haven't sent you a PM.

 

For a layman though, you've had a good stab at sounding pompous.

 

Thanks for the tip,and I will reply asap with another query.

[MrSmith]

The 'Leisure society' that we heard about in the seventies is here. Unfortunately it hasn't worked out quite as planned. half the population is worked to death while the other half are made idle.

 

Surely some kind of national jobshare for all would be a better alternative, possibly topped up by benefits.

 

It wouldn't need topping up because as household incomes fall, living costs would also fall.