Jobless Scum

[Doggy Styles]

Number of unemployed: 2.67 million. Number of job vacancies: 476,000.

That means that even if 82% of the unemployed didn't want to work (which seems unlikely), there still wouldn't be enough job vacancies for the remaining 18%.

Therefore there will be people who want to work but cannot find a job.

There, that wasn't too hard to understand, was it?

Is there no entrepreneurial spirit in the UK? Creating a job for yourself?

[KimberleyChris]

Maybe experience has taught you that not everything is as bad as it first seems and with age comes wisdom (I'm still waiting for this part to happen to me lol).

You just have to hang on and tough it out. and eventually the world turns.

Google a famous poem: "Westward look, the land is bright". I like that one :-)

For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here, no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.

And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light,
In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But westward, look, the land is bright.

[petergriffin]

Have we done this one yet?

BBC News - Jobless stories: 'I wouldn't wish this life on anyone'



I know the market is hard but is it really impossible to find any work, or are we as a nation still to proud to clean offices for minimum wage?

If you have had a job since before the recession you have an edge. If you lost your job or never had one during the recession you're not likely to be considered for the job. That explains why the chap sound like a genuine victim to me.

[petergriffin]

They must have worked for a least 12 months before they can claim benefits

No, this has recently been reduced to 3 months.

[Spacecadet]

If you have had a job since before the recession you have an edge. If you lost your job or never had one during the recession you're not likely to be considered for the job. That explains why the chap sound like a genuine victim to me.

If you heard the interview on PM yesterday you would also agree that the guy is genuinely depressed

[The Spartan]

What percentage of the 2.67 million are classed as depressed or unable to work due to illness or disability

[EternalOptimist]

What percentage of the 2.67 million are classed as depressed or unable to work due to illness or disability

24.89765478%

I think

[petergriffin]

What percentage of the 2.67 million are classed as depressed or unable to work due to illness or disability

None, because if you are receiving JSA you have declared yourself fit to work.

[DodgyAgent]

What percentage of the 2.67 million are classed as depressed or unable to work due to illness or disability

And who decides that the best thing for these people is to stop them working?

[BlasterBates]

If he's medically depressed, that's a tough situation to fight back from.

It's about time they invented direct brain injections for depression, to correct the chemical imbalances

I think a kick up the backside might be more effective.