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Re: Unemployed could be forced to do compulsory manual labour
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Originally Posted by chris9991
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11704765
It looks like the government is trying to reintroduce indentured servitude
If you don't do the work, you won't get any benefits. If people have to do this work surely its taking a job away from an employed person? Or are they going to take it from the community service of criminals?
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Whilst this proposal has major flaws, I think that comparing it with indentured servitude is a little over the top - indentured servitude was for three to seven years, often working twelve to fifteen hours a day; comparing this to a month, doing something for four or five days a week, for between six to hours a day, only weakens more cogent counter-arguments by association, imho.
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