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    #31
    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    £10 per hour might make it liveable (if tax free).
    inside m25 should be £15 min

    regardless of job

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      #32
      Originally posted by unemployed View Post
      inside m25 should be £15 min

      regardless of job
      Regardless of productivity?
      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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        #33
        Originally posted by unemployed View Post
        inside m25 should be £15 min

        regardless of job
        But then my Chicken Zinger box meal with pepsi n gravy would go up to about £10

        unacceptable!

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          #34
          Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
          Why should people who are not 'driven' be protected at the expense of those that are?
          Why should people born here be undercut by people imported to bring wages down?

          Or should we kill / lock up everyone who doesn't get 7 A* at School?

          As Xoggy said, if you fill the bottom end with cheap imports the people who were doing those jobs traditionally become disenfranchised, what are they going to do once they realise there is no future?
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #35
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            Why should people born here be undercut by people imported to bring wages down?

            Or should we kill / lock up everyone who doesn't get 7 A* at School?

            As Xoggy said, if you fill the bottom end with cheap imports the people who were doing those jobs traditionally become disenfranchised, what are they going to do once they realise there is no future?
            reskill so they are worth more and instill that ethos into their kids?

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              #36
              Originally posted by original PM View Post
              But then my Chicken Zinger box meal with pepsi n gravy would go up to about £10

              unacceptable!
              You've just belted the proverbial nail right on the head here; so many people who complain about the business practices of those who choose cheap labour are quite happy to benefit from that choice by buying cheapo products. If you want decently paid British workers making your food, cleaning the bog or manning the helpdesk, fine, but be prepared to pay for it.
              And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                #37
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                Why should people born here be undercut by people imported to bring wages down?
                Because a modern economy works on being competitive and encouraging some level of meritocracy; falling out of your mother's womb in the right place is not an achievement that can help a business to make a profit or an economy to stay healthy.
                And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by AtW View Post
                  £10 per hour might make it liveable (if tax free).
                  Why not £20 though? If more is better, then why only push it up to £10?

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by original PM View Post
                    But then my Chicken Zinger box meal with pepsi n gravy would go up to about £10

                    unacceptable!
                    Debating the effects of a $15 fast food wage
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by original PM View Post
                      But then my Chicken Zinger box meal with pepsi n gravy would go up to about £10

                      unacceptable!
                      good i am happy to pay that in a couple of years you will anyway . trains will be £100 a day from zone 6
                      a 1 bed flat in a tulipe area will be 750k and a gallon of diesel will be £40

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