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Originally Posted by Damien
But I think it's a good idea. If people are being paid so low that it's not worth them taking the job or they need benefits to top up their income just in order to live an 'acceptable' lifestyle then that doesn't help anyone. Yes, you could argue that you have to pay more the in store for an item (maybe) but more of your tax income in going out to these people anyway. So it isn't as simple as driving up costs for everything else.
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But wasn't that the aim of the last government, they encouraged single women with children to work 16 hrs minimum wage and married couples to work on minimum wage topped up with tax credits. This made the unemployment figures look good and the 16 hours was also a bit of a job share in many cases, their approach with single people was that they could just rot in hell.