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Originally Posted by martyh
well i don't want my taxes to go up to support people who don't want to work ,and i wouldn't say i'm self serving ,i would however support my taxes going up if it guaranteed a better road network ,better public transport ,better health care ,better pensions ect.
What you fail to realise is that being on the dole is only supposed to be temporary (allowing for varying job market circumstances)it is not meant to be a way of life ,the government are attempting to make being on the dole unapealing so as to encourage people to try to find work ,most claimants are happy to play ball they will not by and large be affected by the new proposals the ones who seek to live a cosy cushy life on the dole will and about bloody time too i say
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rather I meant your taxes would go up if the council had to pay people a living wage to do the work.
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Originally Posted by martyh
But you compared it to was slavery ..yeh way to ignore the propoganda
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I think you have a blinkered view of slavery.
roman slavery was actually not too bad, slaves had good relations with their masters and had a good life, a better life than one would get from this.
even if a working wage was paid I wouldnt like the idea but at least then they would be getting a wage for what they doing, then it would have more chance of doing some good because they would have a taste of more money.