Re: Benefits have 'wrecked' the British work ethic...

Ret. wrote:
Doug wrote:
On 8 Oct, 08:43, Dead Paul <dead_p...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:24:55 -0700, Nigel Oldfield wrote:
On Oct 8, 7:44 am, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
The stigma that once went with claiming benefits rather than
working for a living has been lost, a study has claimed. The work
ethic that inspired successive generations has ebbed away in the
face of the welfare state.
Over the past decades each generation has seen more and more people
milking the benefit system, which has sapped their will to work,
the research from the Centre for Economic Performance said.

Read
more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218873/Benefits-wrecked-Brit...


Kev

"The report said: 'It has long been recognised that generous
unemployment benefits create moral hazard"

England has the lowest benefit rate of most, equivalent, EU
countries.

"- workers are partly protected against the consequences of being
unemployed,"

Eh, yes. No significant jobs, no employment available.

"so they are less likely to search for jobs with the same
intensity.'"

Oh sure, cos 65 quid (only recently BTW) per week is the Life of
Riley.

Try something more draconian and see what happens ... and the
politicians know it.

WM

Exactly, benefits are much less relatively now than they were 30
years ago and like you say, if they cut them any more they will see
to what lengths the average joe will go to stay alive because that
is where we are at now.

And they wonder why there is so much crime.

Its the nature of work and the disgraceful wealth gap that has
destroyed the work ethic. Why should someone slave their guts out in
some menial task while bankers, estate agents and politicians, to name
just a few, are raking it in like there's no tomorrow? Oops, suddenly
there is no tomorrow for some of them. Maybe they'll go on benefits.

What these people should be doing is *aspiring* to improve their financial position by gaining additional qualifications and even just learning how to impress on interviews. If you turn up for a well paid job interview wearing jeans, with scruffy unkempt hair and making monosyllabic grunts when asked questions, you are going to have to continue slaving your guts out in some menial taks aren't you? Most people in well-paid jobs have got there via hard work and study.

What's an interview? Oh yes, I remember. Myself, my husband, my son and daughter have all been furiously applying for jobs for a year or so - none of us has even had a rejection letter, let alone the offer of an interview...
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