Who cares? The vast majority of benefits is paid to pensioner who have seen their takings massively increased over the past couple of years. And the kicker is..most don't need it!
'Course the lot say they "paid their fair share". What a load. Eating the young is what is feeding them.
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these are quite interesting
Average duration of unemployment
you will note there is a hardcore of > 1 year.
Those need sorting.
I suppose the upshot of 'Benefit Street' is that at least two people got off long term unemployed.
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostBut benefits and pensions CAN be dropped. It's actually a virtuous cycle: you save money by not spending it on the poor, then the poor die and you save money on pensions.
You need a moderate sized pool of short/moderate term unemployed for a healthy economy. Its the bubbly froth at the sharp end of economic creative destruction and inflation control (no unemployed = no available employees to support new growth = rampant wage increases = rampant inflation). That money the real contractors have tucked away would need to be making double-digit returns each year to stop it being worthless.
Not to mention dead people don't go back to work and start paying taxes/ buying goods and services when they find another job.
Then, of course, you have to face the social/justice/order problem.
6 million unemployed with no income and hungry children, with nothing to loose.... I hope your home is well fortified.Last edited by NickyBoy; 19 January 2015, 17:24.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostThere are plenty of jobs for everyone.
Job creation in this country was fuelled in the 90s, early 2000's, by public spending.
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostWhat fruit do you pick now in January? Where? How do you make money from it? I want a piece of the cake too.
Feck contracting, picking fruit is the new Forex!
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Originally posted by NickyBoy View PostWelfare costs about 60 billion a year.
The government collects over 600 billion in tax each year.
Welfare abuse is estimated to cost the state a few million a year and 'extreme' cases of welfare use (single moms with 10 kids etc etc) cost another few million a year (note: million. Not billion). As such, most of that 60 billion is basic legitimate, efficient use of welfare money that can't be dropped.
So if people want to assume their taxes are spent on it and that 'printy printy' covers other things that CAN be dropped, that's a legitimate assumption to make
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostHarsh, but at the same time, true
Maybe we should encourage more of our benefits generational types to bog off abroad and claim in the lands of the EU taxpayer, possibly Scooter will appreciate funding them in his beloved land of the Boxhead.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostYep - They can go and pick fruit. If they are physically incapable they can go out and sell it.
You make your own luck
Feck contracting, picking fruit is the new Forex!
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostPublic spending doesn't come from taxes anymore and it hasn't come for many years. It comes from printy-printy. Otherwise we would be in a much better state than today.
The "my taxes are spent on..." argument is pointless.
The government collects over 600 billion in tax each year.
Welfare abuse is estimated to cost the state a few million a year and 'extreme' cases of welfare use (single moms with 10 kids etc etc) cost another few million a year (note: million. Not billion). As such most of that 100 billion is basic legitimate use of welfare money that can't be dropped or skimmed by efficiency drives.
So if people want to assume their taxes are spent on it and that 'printy printy' covers other things that CAN be dropped, that's a legitimate assumption to make
FYI costs are here (it breaks down central and local costs into 2 different columns) http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/ye...c1n_40#ukgs302
It also makes it very obvious how stupid people look when they piss and moan about welfare tourism. 60 thousand foreigners claiming welfare makes sod all difference to the budget of a country of 60 million people.Last edited by NickyBoy; 19 January 2015, 16:58.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostOn people that are down on their luck when times are tough?
You make your own luck
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Originally posted by GlenW View PostI haven't got a clue what this means.
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostPublic spending doesn't come from taxes anymore and it hasn't come for many years. It comes from printy-printy. Otherwise we would be in a much better state than today.
The "my taxes are spent on..." argument is pointless.
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Public spending doesn't come from taxes anymore and it hasn't come for many years. It comes from printy-printy. Otherwise we would be in a much better state than today.
The "my taxes are spent on..." argument is pointless.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWe got one of those "where your tax got spent" pie charts for my wife. I think the amount her tax paid towards benefits was very close to what one of our young friends, on benefits, stood to claim that year. It made it feel better that we were "paying to look after our friend"
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