Lots of Potholes near you? Or lots of litter on your street?
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2 million people could be doing this work for the country in return for their dole money...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7947766.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7947766.stm
andye30m3 said:
as someone who has recently found themself unemployed (1st time ever) I'd don't think its unfair to expect jobseekers to work for 1 or 2 days a week doing stuff like that in return for the £60 a week or what ever it is.
The 5 remaining days in the week is loads to be finding work.
Sorry you're out of work. What adds insult to injury is that all the NI conts that you have made whilst in work only get you the same dole payment as some scrote who has never done a stroke. The 5 remaining days in the week is loads to be finding work.
This policy (make people work for their benefits) is one of the best ones I have heard of in recent times - so good in fact that it is little more than common sense to anyone with half a brain.
Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
zcacogp said:
This policy (make people work for their benefits) is one of the best ones I have heard of in recent times - so good in fact that it is little more than common sense to anyone with half a brain.
Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
It needs re-framing. Rather than saying that people need to work for their benefits, the government just becomes the employer of last resort. If you can't find a job of your choice, you hav the choice of working for 'the man' or simply going without.Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
V8mate said:
zcacogp said:
This policy (make people work for their benefits) is one of the best ones I have heard of in recent times - so good in fact that it is little more than common sense to anyone with half a brain.
Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
It needs re-framing. Rather than saying that people need to work for their benefits, the government just becomes the employer of last resort. If you can't find a job of your choice, you hav the choice of working for 'the man' or simply going without.Snag is that I fear it won't work, as forcing those who are used to getting money for nothing to actually do something for those £££'s is going to be just too difficult. And we all know that difficult political decisions in the UK simply don't happen.
Oli.
Some of the roads around here you could hardly drive on, they are so potholed. The sad thing is there are already plenty of people employed to fix these things, they just don't do very much, and taking on a whole lot more, which has been Gordy's answer to the threat of unemployment for the last 12 years, will not necessarily achieve anything, by the time they have been on gender equality courses and learned how to fill out their Risk Assessments.
Nobody is responsible in this country anymore. If 'Sir' F Goodwin isn't responsible for screwing the RBS, why should Joe from the Roads department be crucified because of the state of the roads?
Nobody is responsible in this country anymore. If 'Sir' F Goodwin isn't responsible for screwing the RBS, why should Joe from the Roads department be crucified because of the state of the roads?
cardigankid said:
Some of the roads around here you could hardly drive on, they are so potholed. The sad thing is there are already plenty of people employed to fix these things, they just don't do very much, and taking on a whole lot more, which has been Gordy's answer to the threat of unemployment for the last 12 years, will not necessarily achieve anything, by the time they have been on gender equality courses and learned how to fill out their Risk Assessments.
Nobody is responsible in this country anymore. If 'Sir' F Goodwin isn't responsible for screwing the RBS, why should Joe from the Roads department be crucified because of the state of the roads?
Could work you know. Wasn't there one of those economic collaspe things and a similar public employment scheme that gave Germany it's Autobahns?Nobody is responsible in this country anymore. If 'Sir' F Goodwin isn't responsible for screwing the RBS, why should Joe from the Roads department be crucified because of the state of the roads?
FWIW, the state of the roads in Sussex just now is a total disgrace. Pot holes, broken and cracked surfaces and worn out white lines. It's so so bad. On the A264 for example, there are literally dozens of six inch deep holes, scattered with broken asphalt, on a 100metre stretch on the tightening bend of fast dual carriageway. A motorcycle at night wouldn't stand a chance And I have yet to see anyone from the various councils doing a blind bit about it. Apparently, the bad winter is to blame, and the fact that they've spent their budget.
Never mind, someone might die, but at least we know they're committed to "road safety" by their continued monetary support of the Sussex Road Safety Partnership (speed cameras). Utter
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Never mind, someone might die, but at least we know they're committed to "road safety" by their continued monetary support of the Sussex Road Safety Partnership (speed cameras). Utter
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