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Taf · 28-12-2012, 16:26

They just want to take the responsibilty of making sure working people have enough to live on (through various benefits) and make employers pay a wage that that will negate the need for any in-work state handouts.

A lot will have to change for that to happen, but I actually believe it is the way to go in the future. Why should taxes pay to get some working people out of near poverty?

I have several friends who have been unable to move up from the minimum 16 hour working week, to the new 24 hour minimum working week which will entitle them to certain benefits. They are finding it tougher and tougher to live. A few who did manage to get the extra hours did so at the expense of other workers' jobs.

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Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 69 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,373	Re: living wage or minimum wage ? They just want to take the responsibilty of making sure working people have enough to live on (through various benefits) and make employers pay a wage that that will negate the need for any in-work state handouts. A lot will have to change for that to happen, but I actually believe it is the way to go in the future. Why should taxes pay to get some working people out of near poverty? I have several friends who have been unable to move up from the minimum 16 hour working week, to the new 24 hour minimum working week which will entitle them to certain benefits. They are finding it tougher and tougher to live. A few who did manage to get the extra hours did so at the expense of other workers' jobs.