CUK Rant Bait

[The Spartan]

anyone else think he looks like that clown who won XFactor?

Snap! it's James Arthur innit

[OwlHoot]

You can't fault their logic. From a purely financial perspective, it's not worth working to get less money.

WHS

[Robinho]

It really is ****ed up beyond all recognition that a family can get 17k in benefits.

Benefits should be cut to about a 1/4 of what they are. The minimum wage should be scrapped and replaced with a negative income tax up to what the current minimum wage is.

[The Spartan]

You can't fault their logic. From a purely financial perspective, it's not worth working to get less money.

Everyone has to start somewhere though, you can't just walk into a decent paid job

[Mich the Tester]

It really is ****ed up beyond all recognition that a family can get 17k in benefits.

Benefits should be cut to about a 1/4 of what they are. The minimum wage should be scrapped and replaced with a negative income tax up to what the current minimum wage is.

That would effectively be a tax payer subsidy for businesses to undercut each other by employing people at very low wages.

[Robinho]

That would effectively be a tax payer subsidy for businesses to undercut each other by employing people at very low wages.

Not if it's done correctly. ie, graduated.

[minestrone]

Out of interest what will these people go down to when the new rules come in?

Will they be just a bit worse off or will they be selling the TV for food after a few weeks?

[vetran]

Out of interest what will these people go down to when the new rules come in?

Will they be just a bit worse off or will they be selling the TV for food after a few weeks?

No change I believe, will be frozen.

These are perfect candidates for workfare. Fit, healthy and lazy because benefits pay more, get them out of bed at 6am and get them painting fences.

[Mich the Tester]

No change I believe, will be frozen.

These are perfect candidates for workfare. Fit, healthy and lazy because benefits pay more, get them out of bed at 6am and get them painting fences.

Leave my fence alone; I paid a Polish bloke to do a decent job of it, and a decent job he did. I wouldn't want it ruined by some useless chav.

[ZARDOZ]

With all this housing benefit floating about no wonder we had a BTL boom. If they stop paying it there will be a lot of landlords going under.