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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I haven't heard one sensible person oppose the idea of those who can work should and that receipt of benefits should come with responsibility as there are those who feel they have a right to money no matter how irresponsibly they act. That doesn't mean the Tories program is achieving any of that beyond sound bites and too many with genuine medical problems both diagnosed and confirmed by medical professionals are getting hit whilst the worst abusers are managing to skate by yet again.
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if you talking about workfare my issue is two things really.
1 - people are working for less than the legal min wage.
2 - they been put into work in private companies who profit from the work.
Really they should be sent to charities and council's and then only work a set amount of hours where the min wage meets their weekly job seekers allowance, so if e.g. the min wage is £7 then they do 10 hours for the week.
That I would be fine with.
What I am not fine with is someone on £72 a week JSA been made to work 30 hours a week at tesco for it. Now tesco are also having the cheek to claim they cannot afford £25 home delivery with current prices when they using job seekers paid for by the gov to fill the baskets. In my mind if the gov sends them off to do 30 hours a week work then the gov should be prepared to pay them circa £200 a week.
Anyone who backs workfare is double standards, I bet you wouldnt do a full time job for £70 a week.