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    #11
    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    Seeing as just about everyone on NMW will also be getting some sort of benefit to top it up wouldn't the government do well to increase NMW and put more of the burden on business rather than the tax payer?
    That's what I keep saying. We in effect subsidise the bosses of payers of NMW.

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      #12
      Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
      Glad to see you haven't turned into a capitalist oligarch robber baron yet with your new found wealth looming Alexi. Let's see if it lasts
      I've always preferred to be Duke of Atreides...

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        #13
        Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
        Seeing as just about everyone on NMW will also be getting some sort of benefit to top it up wouldn't the government do well to increase NMW and put more of the burden on business rather than the tax payer?
        There wont be any benefits.

        The long-term prospects are for Europe and the US living standards for the proletariat to fall to just above where the third world is now, they move up a smidgen. Everyone is equal then; lovely.
        How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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          #14
          Originally posted by AtW View Post
          I've always preferred to be Duke of Atreides...
          Spice baron shirley?
          "it is by will alone I set my mind in motion ..."
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            #15
            Originally posted by Zippy View Post
            Spice baron shirley?
            "it is by will alone I set my mind in motion ..."
            The spice must flow...

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              #16
              Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
              There wont be any benefits.

              The long-term prospects are for Europe and the US living standards for the proletariat to fall to just above where the third world is now, they move up a smidgen. Everyone is equal then; lovely.
              Then the war will begin, benefits are the price we pay for keeping the sink estate residents from tearing the country apart. You think the UK is a nasty place now?...

              Last one out, turn off the light.
              Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                #17
                Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                Then the war will begin, benefits are the price we pay for keeping the sink estate residents from tearing the country apart. You think the UK is a nasty place now?...

                Last one out, turn off the light.
                There will be nowhere better to go. Well, none that will let anyone in.
                How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

                Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
                Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                  There will be nowhere better to go. Well, none that will let anyone in.
                  So it's tinned food, bottled water and a 12 bore.
                  Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                    So it's tinned food, bottled water and a 12 bore.
                    12 bore?

                    The other day I thought about not having cool zombie movies made in this country (Shaun of the dead excluded) - that's because there are no firearms in this country, so zombies would just eat up everyone

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by AtW View Post
                      12 bore?

                      The other day I thought about not having cool zombie movies made in this country (Shaun of the dead excluded) - that's because there are no firearms in this country, so zombies would just eat up everyone
                      I'll be alright, I've got plenty of vinyl in the loft.
                      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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