I don't want a job

Eddie182 said:
Abolish the current benefit system and start issuing food/utility/rent stamps. Once they discover they can no longer buy their fags/beer etc they'll get the idea.
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I like this idea, can't help thinking that this would be abused and some dodgy people would sell off their food stamps.
 
I don't get it, surely he would have known if you want a family then get a job, if you don't have a job you can't support a having or even entertaining the idea.

ah well, more job for me :) (Thought I'm currently a student lol)
 
He's perfectly entitled to not have a job, and in many ways I can relate and respect that choice. Unfortunately, stealing the money, however you do it, to support that choice is unacceptable. Jobseekers Allowance is supposed to provide support inbetween work, not as a primary income for an extended period of time - hence why it is such a small amount.

I think most of us would rather not have to work to live, lol, but unfortunately it just doesn't work that way.

Not only that but it tars other people who are genuinely looking for work, which is an unfortunate reality. (i.e. Anyone on Jobseekers Allowance is thieving scum)
 
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From some rough scratchings, to sustain his current level of living, in the current economy, on basic wage he'd have to be working close to 60 hours a week - while I dislike his attitude thats a bit of a depressing alternative.
 
We just advertsied in a national recruitment paper recently for people who can spare a few hours per week working from home in a franchise agreement for an online sales company and didn't get one single caller!

Literally, a few hours per week, no outlays, no hard work, earn between £100 and £300 per week and no one came forward - can't believe no one wanted a job. Easy money.
 
I'm suprised - but a lot of people do tend to be wary of "working from home" jobs these days - so many scams around.
 
I heard this when it was on, I was spitting by the end of it. Whilst I acknowledge his freedom to do with his life as he wishes, I don't want anything to do with funding it on his behalf. Turn everything off, he should not receive a penny from the state, not one and if he turns to crime then lock him up and throw away the key. I'll fund the sentence if I can validate the cost of his retention is appropriate. So rice, bit of meat now and again and some fruit. A pillow, quilt, bed and some soap for a wash will do......oh and some chains for his shackles. £65 per month, no problem.
 
[J.D.C];18498726 said:
As someone said though, he is right in that it's his choice not work. Should we as tax-payers fund this choice? No.
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Unless the government set aside some land (as with the native American Indian reservations in the USA) for people such as him to live freely it's the least they owe him.

It's not really a choice to work if the only alternative is to roam the streets and not be allowed to settle anywhere, how is that any different from the old slave trade where masters told their slaves that they could leave but would lose their benefits given to them as slaves if they did (place to live/food etc)?

The fact is if this guy stopped claiming dole as everybody wants, built a home, allotment and lived entirely independently the government would soon come along and bulldoze it all, even if he was "contributing to society" by selling food he grew to local shops the government would soon stop him.
 
The guy seems to think that if he turns up at a job interview and says 'I'm only here cos the job centre says I have to be' then the employer will simply employ someone else and it won't count as him refusing a job, and thus won't effect his benefits...this is incorrect.

Take it from someone who works at a job centre - things are going to be getting a fair bit tougher for people like this guy over coming months.
 
JeffH said:
As for the lack of jobs, I think the answer is a 4 day week/3 day weekend. This would create more jobs to maintain the level of production and lower inflation as everyone would have their wages cut by a fifth. It would be hard for most for a while, but cost of living would soon lower in line with what people can afford and eventually with another day 'free time' the service sector could boom (if they adjust prices accordingly).
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I think a 4 day week may be worth considering, but I think it may be a bad idea for certain industries, but it's an interesting proposition nonetheless....
 
Surely you can just cap the overall amount of money they can claim to not exceed a limit - thereby removing any source of major income from benefits?
 
I want that person's hands and legs, he dose not deserve to be able-bodied, so many jobs I can't take because of muscle wasting and he sits wasting his life.

So many things I would rather do than in-door type work.
 
I don't want a job either... but if your only other option is going on the dole, working even in the crappiest place in the world is the lesser of two evils.
 
Its not just a job,

its a social thing, where I have worked even in the lousey jobs ive had, you get out, you make new friends, its passes the day and then you get to enjoy sitting around not doing much, or taking in a movie, playing games, anything you do in your spare time, sitting around all the time must kill the enjoyment of the little things.
 
He takin the P?? out of those who are on £64 a week,if he on £64 then he is a liar as a family does not live on £64 week only that his is element,let alone housing benefit,council tax benefit,child tax credits,child benefit,least he aint claiming for special needs or he will also add on care"s allowance and cares premium!
 
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