That's because the people who these jobs are aimed at are on benefits and only allowed to work a limited number of hours a week, so that they can then get thousands in 'working tax credits' as well.
Or trades union leaders and live in rent-free apartments in the barbican, or in council houses in London and pay £30 a week rent from their £120,000 salaries.
of course they should
otherwise there's no incentive to get off them
tim
but as you are not "available for work" you won't get benefits
tim
His pension contributions would last about 5 years and then the full cost of his pension will be divied out amongst all the council taxpayers, most of whom will have a pension that is a fraction of his.
No it doesn't
It is a pretence by HMG that it does.
not if they have savings
tim
most pensioners have set themselves up with additional income as well as the basic pension
for those that haven't there are benefits which will top it up
tim
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the people who you see on various TV documentaries living a life on benefits (because they can)
tim
No it isn't. Getting rid of someone who really is useless is almost impossible. The odds are still stacked in favour of the employee.
only because the un-employed Brits that do turn up are feckless and lazy
tim
Agreed with 2) which is why I told Sky to shove their job up their arse.
Maybe if the world didn't keep stealing money from us in taxes, we wouldn't feel we need to get something back?
I have never seen a house with no heating. The Georgian house I lived in in the 1950s had a fireplace in every room except the bathroom and the kitchen.
Perhaps you meant central heating, which I never had until I was just on
40 years old. It ought to be clear that I cannot agree that it is in any way essential.No, you don't need any of those things so much that your fellow taxpayers should provide you with the means to get them (and the word "need" is so often misused in any case). They're nice to have, but you have to get them by your own efforts.
I don't know that food is dearer in real terms than it has ever been. What is commonly agreed is that it has fallen - a lot - as a proportion of household income. That must also mean that food now accounts for a smaller proportion of benefit income.
We got robotics so we wouldn't have to work so hard, why are most people still working 40 hours a week?
Makes you wonder why we bother with civilisation at all. It would be easier to live rough, which some people do.
There are houses with baths in bathrooms that have no means of providing hot water, are there?
Even if there were, not many people used to wash clothes in the bath. The kitchen sink was usually regarded as the place for that.
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if you are "in" Mexico then the BBC iPlayer should notice that and not, let you in at all.
OTOH, if you are in the UK you can probably safely watch the BBC on iPlayer without a licence and "no one will catch you". Though that isn't advice you should rely on.
tim
So do I (a bit).
We are free to work if we choose to. Alternatively, if we choose, we don't have to and may be able to get Pension Credit if our income is low enough. But if we don't want to be limited to the Pension Credit rate (plus whatever housing costs and Council Tax help is available), we may be able to surpass that rate of income by working.
Incentive. The forgotten word.
Both categories exist, as you well know.
Exactly.
So what level of financial difference is "correct" during unemployment?
You're lucky
I don't think there's a single launderette in my town and certainly not one within walking distance
OK I checked on Google, and I am right, there isn't one
the nearest one is 7 miles away in the next town which I refer to as Chavsville
FTAOD I am not suggesting that every town with a launderette is excessively chavvy, it just happens that this place is.
The next nearest is 9 miles in the other direction which is the local university town (and everything but chavvy)
tim
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