Mr Bloom Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 What would you suggest would give a better return on the extra money....stock exhange, property or gold Don't forget the "safe" option, letting it sit in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staunton Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 It's very difficult to do with no money at all, and on £70 a week it's difficult to claw your way out of the hole without support, financial or otherwise. Living on £70 a week can become a survival exercise which takes precedence over all else. Anna B does well to remind us of the difficulties that an existence on benefits represents. And it is an existence that awaits ever more of us as the coalition continues its programme of public sector cuts. These cuts hurt us all! As people here in Sheffield lose their jobs, they also lose their spending power, which has an adverse effect upon local businesses. Their reduced revenue will lead to further hardship as local enterprises fail. There is an urgent need for an alternative perspective, one that favours the regions, that celebrates diversity, that recognises the value of a mixed economy, that places people rather than profit at the heart of economic policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 If they give single folk a big chunk more, I'd almost be inclined to spend my days fishing or watching telly. Read books I've been meaning to read. Visit museums (free bus pass ?). Wouldn't work that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staunton Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 ...those that cannot work is a very small minority. No matter how able a person is, the fact remains that there is no work available. With two and a half million people chasing half a million vacancies, there is no employment prospect whatsoever for four out of five unemployed individuals. This is the real tory lie, and one which they skillfully avoid addressing whenever they indulge in their shabby rhetoric of strivers and scroungers or the 'undeserving poor'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 There is always work available. Everyone has a job. That job is to go out and earn enough money to feed themselves and their families. If no-one else is willing to employ you, create your own job. There are always things that people need doing and are prepared to pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staunton Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 There is always work available. Everyone has a job. That job is to go out and earn enough money to feed themselves and their families. If no-one else is willing to employ you, create your own job. There are always things that people need doing and are prepared to pay for. Apologies to anyone following my earlier thread. I do dislike repeating myself, but... If a boy is still wetting the bed at the age of twelve, or a fourteen year old girl is self harming, it is important that there is mental health support available, and that the personnel who offer such support are approachable, calm, sensitive and reflective. These are not the qualities associated with a successful entrepreneur. It is by no means uncommon for a highly successful class teacher to run into enormous difficulties having progressed into school management. In a flourishing mixed economy we need entrepreneurs with vision, drive and confidence, and we need sensitive and caring staff in our hospitals and schools, our nursing homes and social services departments. The demand that everyone should be assertive, go-ahead and business oriented does not take into account our natural differences in character and personality, and fails to recognise the advantages bestowed upon some through access to an independent education system that delivers a high degree of self confidence to its pupils, or the benefit that wealthy, supportive and well placed family and friends represent. Of course, some can make it even from the most humble of origins, and others do not become high achievers even with the most auspicious start in life. By locating the fault within the individual, we risk missing the point that all people, whatever their history, their skills and their shortcomings, are valid human beings, to be respected and cherished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Where would the government get the extra money from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Where would the government get the extra money from? Just get in more debt. Its a bit of a ridiculous thread,why would people want to give the ones on benefit more money?it would just encourage low paid workers to go onto benefits,if the gov are going to give money away surely better to give it to the minimum wage earners thus encouraging the benefit folk back to work. Is this too easy a solution to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Where would the government get the extra money from? vodaphone/amazon/costco feel free to add more if you like:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 vodaphone/amazon/costco feel free to add more if you like:rolleyes: Haha, so that would cover the £2,311 billion UK debt plus the additional 80bn or more the government will have to borrow this year and leave money over to increase spending? I think some of you have no idea what kind of a mess this economy is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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