Tories to tighten the Noose

[Richard]

Unemployed people to face tougher controls on benefits.
Whilst I agree that the taxpayer deserves accountability for their money spent on the long-term unemployed I have some doubts that the recent proposals are workable in practice:

1. Report every day to the Job Centre - where are the staff to deal with this?

2. Perform free work (to show you accept some graft for benefits) perhaps doing 'community service' (I thought that was a punishment for public figures such as footballers who can avoid a prison sentence by agreeing to it).
So there is an obvious stigma attached but in any case where is the work and how would it be supervised and insured?
Also - if you are asked to accept the equivalent of a punishment category then your 'human rights' may be infringed?
Unpaid work for a commercial enterprise would be wrong in principal and cause resentment.
The most workable and likely alternative is to accept voluntary work for a respected Charity.

Most people will agree that the best solution of all is to create more jobs or encourage unemployed people to set up their own enterprise but this is not currently given anything like enough emphasis!!




Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

[Richard]

at least people signing on for work as long-term unemp'd are open to work if it can be found and are prepared to accept Charity Shop or other forms of Placements as a sign that they are willing to do something for their 'dole' money.

Others claiming 'Sickness Benefit' are getting money for a condition such as a bad back which (in the case of someone living near me) is basically wrong as I can sometimes see them lifting a bicycle in through their front door.
How can the medical assessment authorities allow this person, who is clearly able-bodied to pass their allegedly very stringent examinations?
I thought this had been tightened up - apparently not in some cases.

:S



Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

[Anonymous1]

there will always be a few:

politicians who fiddle expenses.
sports people who take drugs.
coppers that take money for info.
fraudulent benefit claimants.
etc.

there will always be loads of:

Large corporations and rich individuals who pay little tax.
politicians who support big business lobbyists rather than the electorate.
Corporations that exploit poor countries_ _ _.lives V's profit.
Employers who's payroll is subsidised by you and me.
Western Countries and religious factions who's psychopathic and self serving reach has become global.


_ _ _.there's loads of injustice in the world and I agree with you Richard, it desperately needs cleaning up.

[Richard]

Well if people break the law then they face the consequences when/if they are caught.
We can't mitigate one crime by saying others exist in different areas.
I do accept exploitation by many companies operating in countries with cheap labour has been shown.
Large corporations and rich individuals generally pay the tax they are set by the gov't in power but have ways of offsetting taxes if they can show they are supporting employment and helping the economy.
There will always be pressures to fight certain types of inequalities if they are seen as vote-winners amongst the ordinary tax-payers.
Perception constantly changes, according to revelations by newspapers and statistics, although, as you say, injustice and crime exists on many levels.




Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.