Great unwashed to do manual work for benefits

[RichardCranium]

Queue an RC post about us teaming up and "reacharounds all round boys" :laug

What did I do to deserve that?

[MarillionFan]

What did I do to deserve that?

[norrahe]

It's a good idea if it targets unemployed school leavers, to get them into the habit of working.

Also, it should involve jobs that might not otherwise get done, like collecting rubbish off beaches and pruning canal tow paths. But the snag with all that is the expense of getting people to where the work needs doing, unless you accomodate them nearby in tents or something.

They did something like this in Ireland years ago for those on long-term benefits and gave people menial tasks to do that not even the local council would bother with. It was a case of getting those locally to carry out the work, but it depends on the area.

[suityou01]

What did I do so deserve that?

Let me explain. The other night we seemed to "team up" against MF. He then posted "reach arounds all round boys". Tonight it appears MF and I are teaming up, hence the post. I also called myself a hussy. KUATB old boy

[suityou01]

They did something like this in Ireland years ago for those on long-term benefits and gave people menial tasks to do that not even the local council would bother with. It was a case of getting those locally to carry out the work, but it depends on the area.

And how did it work out?

[MarillionFan]

Let me explain. The other night we seemed to "team up" against MF. He then posted "reach arounds all round boys". Tonight it appears MF and I are teaming up, hence the post. I also called myself a hussy. KUATB old boy

Cough.

[suityou01]

Cough.

Stop frakin PM'ing me then

[RichardCranium]

It's a good idea if it targets unemployed school leavers, to get them into the habit of working.

When I was at college, that was the Youth Opportunity Scheme (I think).

It got lots of flak because it involved such things as counting lamp posts. I was working on a Playscheme during the summer holidays and we had one or two YOS people posted to us. They only turned up on the day their inspector came, then cleared off once they'd been checked up on.

However... since then I have met a bunch of people who got into IT because of the YOS, and had it explained to me by a Highways Engineer what they had the YOS kids doing when recording / auditing lamp post positions and serial numbers.

So, that's not such a bad idea.

And going straight from college to the scrap heap is hardly a great start to one's working life. Having the choice of finding work or undertaking socially-beneficial activities sounds like a good idea. However, it is a very socialist philosophy so I suppose many people on here would be opposed to it on principle.

[shaunbhoy]

Do you know, I'm fairly certain I've heard that term before. Can you Coco?

It does have a certain resonance!!

[MarillionFan]

Stop frakin PM'ing me then

SY. Is this one of your 'everyone PM's me and I'm very popular' themes?

Everyone knows that Admin only allows you one PM a day due to your sockie abuse of the system some months ago.

Sad.