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Originally Posted by Zara  People who identify as being working class can lack the desire to work, they may just not see it as important. |
In this era of Jade Goody celebs and Hello magazine, "class" is merely an excuse for your social situation, not a reason.
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So if you believed that you are only capable of recieving the minimum wage (which is ridiculously low IMO) in a mundane job...
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It really isn't, even the lowest paid jobs provide a good life. Its hard to buy a house but then thats a new concept in itself - it used to be rare to own a house.
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Perhaps a more effective way of tackling unemployment would to be to look at these root causes and make changes there.
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Or not pay out - then you have to work.
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Originally Posted by Trouble I read today that a tory councillor has been likened to a nazi as he said unemployed/jobless parents breed for greed generally and do it to get more handouts from the government. |
I doubt people breed for greed
but is it positive in a society when there are parents out there who choose to have more children then they can economically support themselves? (not to mention emotionally support, but thats a different matter)
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He suggested that anybody unemployed who continue to have children should be forceably sterilised after their second or third child.
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It will go that way eventually - the planet has only so many resources...watch this space in 50 years.