Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

Sign on everyday... That's fine if you live near a job centre, but if it was me that would be nearly £4 a day.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

Last week a Family of six in Maidstone, Kent... got a four bedroom house... the so called male of the family has never worked, they just bonk and have kids.. they get benefits of £27,000 a year... scummers...

Those of you who are unemployed and seeking work good on you.

I only said some 4 weeks ago on another thread that people will have to work for their benefits, with travel expenses paid.

Just recently there was an article in our local rag... showing what some of our Countys MPs have claimed in expenses... the average was £155,000. (blimey).

Six years on their expenses and I could retire.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

Expenses are just recompense for money spent, so how could anybody retire because of it.:rolleyes:

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

A lot of what MPs claim on expenses are things the rest of us have to pay out of our salaries. It might be a stretch to say you could retire on it, but expenses fairly stretch your income when you can use them to pay for furniture, electronics, meals and travel.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

All it will mean is that instead of 6 paid employees picking up litter there will be 12(example) 6 paid and 6 receiving dole ,the job can done by the original 6paid employees so no one loses their jobs

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

Oh yes because that's what will happen.

I heard they're going to ask them to go into old.peoples homes and keep them company, read to the and cook their dinner. Let's hope everyone they send can cook then and read and are all crb checked.

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And at the end of the week 6 will pick up a full wage.
the other 6 get their dole money.

what makes you think councils will be stupid enough to carry on employing the original 6?
they can take advantage of the cuts distraction and use it as a cover to make them redundant.

they were going to lay them off anyway. and as unfortunate as it is, it's just a coincidence.

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I wonder if when they read them the stories, and not doing the characters voices (like the big bad wolf) properly.
they can use that as a breach and a sanction?

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

Depends on the job though doesn't it? If it's one for which you would normally expect to be paid then that would be problematic. I.E The street cleaning example used in this thread.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

You still wouldn't have spare cash left over. The expenses for things like furniture are because the job requires them to have 2 homes. Their salary is meant to fund one of the homes, not both.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

which should encourage the 6 on the dole to get a job

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and what do you think will happen if LA's suddenly start laying of their workers in favour of "free DWP workers",there will be safeguards in place to prevent that as there are now with the other schemes

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The council could employ them. everyone's happy.

Why not?
they can't afford to employ them?
so what makes you think another company can afford to employ them, then?

someone will have to employ them. because sooner or later they're gonna stick that broom handle up someones bum :D

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I'm sure Dave and his men will have that covered now.

his sheep and brain dead will be distracted by the talk about what the **** are doing to be more of a burden to good honest hard working workers.

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Yep,so what you will get is cleaner streets, neater public parks and more chewing gum and pidgeon crap scraped of the floor for the same amount of money spent ,of course the council could employ all this extra labour by raising your council tax if it makes you feel better

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

or go and mug the other 6 on their way home lol

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And the guilt trip of knowing that 6 of those that made such a nice job. did it alongside 6 others that got paid a full wage, compared to their welfare payment. for doing the same work.

See. it all comes down to money.

if they made the original six redundant and used the free 6 instead. then the council tax would go down anyway.
there's no fairness when it comes to things like this. the unemployed will tell you that.

so I don't know what you're moaning about.

Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
 

This has shocked me, i did not realise so much is being paid out in just one council area.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24259715