If we built a gulag, we could have both.
No, we'd have a gulag, and that will only make matters worse. Not a worthwhile solution.
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No, we'd have a gulag, and that will only make matters worse. Not a worthwhile solution.
I don't support the abolishment of the welfare state, just a fundamental reform of the system.
Our welfare state does fail the most vunerable, by ensuring they remain that way and putting constant barriers in the way of improvement. it also fails the workers who pay for it by making people not working better off than many workers...
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I beleive the figure is that in the last 5 years something ridiculous like only 5 people have died at the hands of a police firearm.
Compare this to other countries around the world.
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Chapter 2 seems to be about poor parenting and the ongoing effects in later life.
She has a good point though and it shut up the guy behind her
LOL there were two guys on QT last night that I thought came straight from this forum. The guy sitting behind her was one, the fat bloke who said take away their private property and everyone laughed at him was the other
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Local Authorities have a duty to house the homeless.
They can kick them out of council housing for anti-social behaviour though, all that will happen is that they'll be forced into some grotty private bedsit or similar.
The answer to this is not remove the safety net, but make working more attractive by dramatically improving the pay people get for working.
These Hoods giving an interview on Sky News right now are pretty stupid.
Telling them all about what you've nicked and why you did with your faces covered is one thing. But to then say the places you hit included Comet in Clapham where you had applied for a job and were turned down is just asking for yourself to be arrested!
Telling them all about what you've nicked and why you did with your faces covered is one thing. But to then say the places you hit included Comet in Clapham where you had applied for a job and were turned down is just asking for yourself to be arrested!
Then the Polish go on a rampage for us sending them a load of "one step up from a criminal"s?
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err dolph didn't say to remove the net.
dramatically raising wages dramatically raises costs which means you have to dramatically raise benefits for them to be liveable then you're in the exact same situation
Seriously how did you think that would work?
Really now, I just can't see how that got past even a cursory check of the maths part of your brain?
Not so clear cut. If everyone gets more money, everything gets more expensive - nulling the point in the first place.
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All this labour bashing (which I actually agree with) made me recall an old monkey dust clip.
This ^
It comes down to morals and personal pride IMO, not paying them off!
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He didn't? But Daffy Duck would be impressed.
Again (it's been discussed already in this thread), improving pay doesn't necessarily make people's lives better, because employment costs have to be paid somehow.
I haven't advocated removing the safety net, only making it far more proportional to the benefits of working.
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