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The welfare state has disincentivised many people from wanting to work - so we need immigrants to do the manual labour that Brits will not.
I claimed JSA for a couple of weeks, it was, if I recall correctly, 70 odd quid per week.
This was a while ago, but it is, technically speaking, fuck all - a tenner per day to pay for everything. How does that incentivise you to sit on your arse?
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This. Plus you now have to grovel more than ever and participate in unpaid work "training" schemes hosted by Tory donating firms to get it.
I'd rather sell crack than sign on, most people with that spark of Tory in them probably do.
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Claiming it for a couple of weeks while out of work is a bit different. If you are long term unemployed and are in a council property and have children, then tough though it may be to survive, often it is a better situation than having a full time minimum wage job. I have witnessed first hand advisors in the Job Centre recommending people to turn down jobs as they will be worse off.
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salmonchild
Poor education in this country means that we do not have enough natives to do many "white collar" jobs - so we need immigrants to do them.
The welfare state has disincentivised many people from wanting to work - so we need immigrants to do the manual labour that Brits will not.
Unemployed people cost a fortune to maintain - so you will all be taxed to the limit to pay for it.
Thank goodness for the immigrants who come here to fill our "skills" gaps, it gives us a (final) chance to set our house in order.