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Originally Posted by Escapee
I have to disagree to a certain extent regarding the benefit of subsidised employment. We ended up in the situation where some people not exceeding 16 hours per week are better off than others in full time employment. Some who do not work at all are better off, with more disposable income than those in work, and that can't be right.
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Well it isn't right. It's better than not having a job at all but it's not right that people who work longer, for the same type of work, have less disposable income (although that depends on what is the disposable part, i.e it's perfectly right if that money is going to savings or a mortgage). A living wage would hopefully help to correct that by making work pay more than benefits, as a politician would put it
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