"pamela" wrote in message
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On 16:10 19 Nov 2017, Rod Speed wrote:



"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Yellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:46:46 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News)
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In article ,
Mark wrote:


We are discussing both. The minimum wage and unemployment
benefits are linked and cannot be considered in isolation.
Obviously there should be incentives to work, but that
means work should pay well, not that benefits should be
squeezed so that people cannot manage.

But the notion that cutting benefits will force everyone
into taking a job is standard Tory mantra. Doesn't matter if
it works or not. Or who it hurts.

And a standard socialist mantra is that giving people benefits
will win them votes. Doesn't matter if it works or not. Or who
it hurts.

If there are people abusing the benefit system, the law already
covers this.

In theory. In practice its perfectly possible to volunteer to
'live' on benefits for the whole of your life if you decide it’s
a viable income and plenty do just that.

How do you "volunteer" to do that?

By choosing not apply for any of the jobs available.
By ****ing and ending up with kids. Etc etc etc.

Maybe in Australia you volunteer for life-long benefits but not here.

BULL****. That reality TV doco series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefits_Street
shows them doing it.

We were talking about lack of literacy before.

Nope, we were discussing the stupid claim that 20-28% of british natives
cant read or write.