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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View PostPaid for by you and I by the vast subsidies that keep prices here high and subsidise the prices of exports. I seem to recall a story once where rich farmers in Africa were going bust due to cheap imports of subsidised American rice.
The system is broken.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Simply put, not matter how cheap you could live healthy, I could live cheaper unhealthier, and I think that's the problem.
If you look at the price of filth in supermarkets against the price of healthy stuff, that's evident.
Around this part of the work, this time of year is interesting, as all sorts of produce is put outside houses for sale. Yesterday, saw 3 lbs toms, 2 cucumbers, a jar of pickled onions, a large cabbage, 2 courgettes and 6 duck eggs for £4.50.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostI'd like to see welfare claimants work in their local parish on projects likely to enhance their area i.e. clearing scrubland, making the parks better, street cleaning, small DIY things. Things that they could actively benefit from in their local community. You get the bonus of working, and doing something good, which would keep the spirits higher. I'd also opt for a two tier system; #1 Breadline, for those who don't wish to participate in the work, and #2 Higher for those who do.
just getting them out working would remove a lot of the fraud which I suspect is endemic.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostAgreed, there are a lot of projects that wouldn't cost a lot or displace workers.
just getting them out working would remove a lot of the fraud which I suspect is endemic.
I think it would benefit any parish to get people giving it a lick and spit to be honest. Planting trees, painting benches, clearing little, etc, etc etcComment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostI think it would benefit any parish to get people giving it a lick and spit to be honest.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Posthow do you work that out?
£6.19 * 40 = £247 a week 3 months a year. Should pay for the wife & kids to live in a shoebox in the south east and eat once a month.
Mate of mine worked out he needed to be on > £8 an hour to be better off in work. He actually is a very hard worker and wanted to work.
The financial side is important as is the work ethic side."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostThe problem can be easily solved by employing half a dozen well paid girls to pick the fruit naked. There will be a queue of volunteers hoping to have their plums harvested.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostYou'd certainly reduce the pool of suspects.
I think it would benefit any parish to get people giving it a lick and spit to be honest. Planting trees, painting benches, clearing little, etc, etc etcmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View Postproblem is that is what people do when sentenced to community service. How would you go about making that look like something else for the unemployed?Comment
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