Reply to: Work for benefits

[Mich the Tester]

Actually the city has been shrinking since the early 1960s.

Good.

[expat]

I refuse to live in Glasgow, got a house 100 yards outside the boundry in the 'posh' suburbs. The city always wants to grow and take in areas where people actually work but nobody on the boundry will let them. Glasgow truly is a tuliphole.

Actually the city has been shrinking since the early 1960s.

[minestrone]

I was going to have a go at you for exaggerating... but f me you're right (http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive/20..._39944_en.html).

From that link:

I refuse to live in Glasgow, got a house 100 yards outside the boundry in the 'posh' suburbs. The city always wants to grow and take in areas where people actually work but nobody on the boundry will let them. Glasgow truly is a tuliphole.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

It will end up costing us more money, people will have to run the scheme and folk will have to be employed to tell them what to do.

Correct. This is a stupid idea. As for the idea that this "Socialist" governent wouldn't do it because everyone on benefits votes Labour that is rrrs on a number of levels.

[Pondlife]

If State Benefits are so high for doing Non - Productive work, then why do M.P.'s receive any more in Wage's that pays in total more than it does to pay to those whom receive Income Support for also doing Non - Productive Employment, and where doe's the Government think they are going to create the nunber the Job's places required that it will take at cost to those left in Productive Employment to invent further Real Jobs, while we are in a Unemployment downturn in Productive Employment places.

[LondonHarris]

I don't understand any of that at all.

[Mich the Tester]

It really is worth paying some people to not go anywhere near a place of work.

[NetwkSupport]

bring back national service for all 18 yr olds

[DieScum]

I read the Scottish news story about this on the BBC site, apparently there are 53,000 on disability in Glasgow. It only has a population of 460,000

I was going to have a go at you for exaggerating... but f me you're right (http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive/20..._39944_en.html).

From that link:

The research, commissioned by GCPH and carried out by a team from the University of Glasgow and Glasgow City Council, also reveals however that Glasgow has a particular problem in terms of the absolute size of its Incapacity Benefit (IB) population (61,850 in 2005) and the fact that this population represents about one in six of the working age population (16.4% in 2005).

[DieScum]

I don't doubt that there are some people who could do with getting out to find a job rather than sticking on benefit.

Making people do work schemes would be really expensive. The people you really want to target would have valid opt outs. Children to look after, "ill". While you may rage at the mythical teenage mother getting pregnant for a council house you can hardly leave the children on their own. While there may be plenty of people taking the p1ss off work from stress how can you differentiate the fakers from the people with genuine problems.

It just wouldn't work. The people who did turn up and get on with it, if I was unemployed I think I'd be quite happy to be out and about doing useful community work, are the people who won't have problems getting jobs anyway.

But it provides a nice scapegoat. That isn't to say that there aren't a lot of people who need a boot up the behind and who frankly are useless and should get a grip.

[minestrone]

Yes. One's called 'Glasgow' and the other is known as 'Merseyside'.

I read the Scottish news story about this on the BBC site, apparently there are 53,000 on disability in Glasgow. It only has a population of 460,000

[Spacecadet]

PrinceGeeGee for PM, butlers for all... hurrahh.

would you actually trust the scrotes to do the job properly
Every other day would be a sickie
any attempt to find out why they are always sick would be interfering with their human rights
things would go missing
the dog would probably be used for dog fighting
spare cash left in the car would be used for betting on the dog fighting

and then when YOU punch the little scrote it's YOU who goes to prison

[gingerjedi]

Yes they should, in fact all tax-payers should be allocated their own scrounger, who can do odd jobs for them.
It would bring great joy to me to see my hard-earned cash being put to good use in the form of a benefit claimant tidying my garden, washing my car, exercising the dog etc.
Not likely to happen though, Gordon needs their vote.....

[princeGeeGee]

PrinceGeeGee for PM, butlers for all... hurrahh.

[Ruprect]

[QUOTE=ratewhore;713446]Patricia from Croydon is clearly a fascist...[/QUOTE]

not in the minority of opinion on that site!

[Mich the Tester]

Are there no poor-houses ?

Yes. One's called 'Glasgow' and the other is known as 'Merseyside'.

[Spacecadet]

Hmmm... borrow loads then shop him to the rozzers, kerching.

Live in fear.

I'm sure there are ways to easily avoid any retribution...