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BobAid - why are we sending aid to BobLand?
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Originally posted by MrMark View Post
Why is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'? Yes, there are some rum characters who sign on. I just hope I never have to work or hire such people. I'd sooner they were getting wasted on gold label than mugging us in the street. Just an opinion: I'm sure I will be shouted down here by people so unhappy with their lives that they're envious of benefit claimants. I can think of few more depressing experiences than going to the job centre, but yes, maybe that's just me.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Postthickos thicko
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Originally posted by MrMark View PostWhy is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'?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 JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostCould never see the justification for making Foreign Aid packages exempt from the swingeing cuts that have affected almost every other area of Government Spending. It would have been near the top of sacrificial pots in my book.Comment
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Originally posted by MrMark View PostWhy is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'? Yes, there are some rum characters who sign on. I just hope I never have to work or hire such people. I'd sooner they were getting wasted on gold label than mugging us in the street. Just an opinion: I'm sure I will be shouted down here by people so unhappy with their lives that they're envious of benefit claimants. I can think of few more depressing experiences than going to the job centre, but yes, maybe that's just me.
I don't think benefits claimants lives are necessarily bad either.
I new one contractor who had a lot of benefit claimant mates all graduates.
They used do a lot of outside sports activities and really enjoyed their lives.
They just didn't want to work. You might classify them as the slacker generation.
I knew another benefit claimant. He used to claim some sort of incapacity thing that
meant he got a car and living benefits. He was supposed to have some sort of muscle disability.
However, people told me he used to do a lot of garden maintenance work and he was also a regular
lothario. Doesn't sound too bad a life. He's left the UK though with a partner, maybe he's
really working for a living now.
I could go on ...
I just think the benefits system is a bit crazy when for many it is better on it than working.
I also feel that the Western world cannot go on raking up debt like we have been doing. The rest of the
world is not going to pay for us if we don't pay our own way.Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostIn international terms £8.7million over 5 years is comparable to buying your mate a pint at the pub.
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostAnd how many hip replacements do you think?
Coffee's for closersComment
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