chem1st Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 We don't need a living wage, we need affordable living costs, mainly housing. Government has cut minimum wage in real terms whilst increasing housing costs in real terms. Some mock bedrock for suggesting we increase the minimum wage, but we are increasing it and WE WILL INCREASE IT TO £10 per hour in the not too distant future. The 'debt' will be eroded in real terms in a managed default. It'd be fairer to just up it in one go and tax savers bank deposits, literally seize their money. This is the price they pay for their peers speculating on housing. We should also stop subsidising house prices and rents to increase pretend rents and boost GDP via the artificial increase of a ficititious number... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The government doesn't set the cost of housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The government doesn't set the cost of housing. Yes it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 No, it's a free market which the government has some ability to affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairyloon Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 No, it's a free market which the government has some ability to affect. More than just some. The minimum rent is likely to be whatever can be claimed on housing benefit. Why would anyone charge less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 More than just some. The minimum rent is likely to be whatever can be claimed on housing benefit. Why would anyone charge less? So would scrapping housing benefit solve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Now that would be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Now that would be a good idea. It would be interesting that's for sure. For 6 months or so the housing market would tank as BTL landlords bailed out - certainly the ones who bought at the top end of the boom before the bust. No government would contemplate it, and here's the rub, the people who vote most (older people, home owners) really wouldn't like it and wouldn't vote for any party who even dreamt about it. However the people who it would benefit most (young and/or poor) don't vote in big enough numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Well done to Citizens UK who pioneered the Living Wage movement...It has been gaining momentum since 2001: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/01/pay-rise-workers-living-wage-rate?guni=Keyword:news-grid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I was reading an article about the LW yesterday, not one Premier League club pays it, they just pay what they need to pay. Marvellous they can pay the players absolute fortunes but not pay the workers a living wage, last year they paid out £1.78BILLION in wages. It said a full time cleaner would need to work13 years to earn what a major star earns in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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