No it won't. We'd still have the 'safety net' in place to avoid the all-out catastrophes.... but the net would be set so it was NOT a comfortable place to be.
The 'safety net' should be EXACTLY that..... not a comforatble feather-bed in which to lay about all day.....
At the moment, we have the safety net ABOVE the heads of those people who are on the minimum wage and that is plain LUDICROUS!
I accept that I am an 'old, die-hard, right-winger' but I am NOT a character out of Dickens! His characters would have REMOVED the net.... I am NOT proposing that!
Your comment about 'no jobs' is blatantly TRIPE..... even in the CURRENT climate, we have Thousands and possibly MILLIONS of foreign workers who are doing the 'menial' jobs which are 'beneath' (in their opinion) our layabout scroungers! You are the FIRST one to be saying about closing the door to imports.... let's start with making it LESS attactive to IMPORT workers!
Finally, where there ARE no jobs, my description of the 'cut-off' would NOT remove the benefits! Remember, it ONLY comes into-play when a 'worker' turns DOWN a series of Jobs for which he COULD work. If he doesn't get OFFERED the jobs, he CANNOT get his benefit cut!
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So..... at what point would YOU 'force' 'workers' to take jobs.....? Is there NO point at which a 'worker' should HAVE to take a job or lose his benefit? Should **I** be allowed to say:
'I am qualified as a psychologist, programmer, car saleman, estate agent, builder and race engineer (tee hee....!) but I'll only accept a job as the head of the BBC or, at a pinch, Channel 4!'........????
Ian
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