Benefits Britain 1949 on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm

[Essex Lad]

David Johnson wrote:

> In Episode 2 of my version of Benefits Britain 1949
>
> 1. The bloke who owns the place in Central London breaks down
> in tears when the tenant applies to the Rent Tribunal for a
> reasonable rent which results in a vast reduction in the rent
> that can be charged.

Not that I expect you to answer, but why shouldn't someone charge what they want for their service ? be it their skills, property, knowledge, what have you? It's call market forces.


>
> 3. The employer who runs his business on zero hours contracts
> finds his workforce have all joined the same union and he
> breaks down in tears when he realises that he will be forced to
> provide minimum hours contracts to the workers.

Most readers might not find this terrible but that would shut down most national newspapers (including The Guardian) who employ nearly all their freelance staff on zero hour contracts.

[one eyed jack]

There will always be lazy sods sponging off the system who dont want to work but has anyone considered a large part of that percentage out of work cannot find employment because the jobs simply ain't there?

Some jobs are not even worth doing if it means you get more for doing nothiing

[Gentleman]

Well thanks to the current governments definition of making work pay by reducing the level of low paying benefits even lower in a desperate bid to make the criminally low paying jobs/minimum wage look "attractive" you too can be better off in work by becoming working poor which can be hidden away statistically far more easily.

[Essex Lad]

one eyed jack wrote:

> There will always be lazy sods sponging off the system who dont
> want to work but has anyone considered a large part of that
> percentage out of work cannot find employment because the jobs
> simply ain't there?
>
No, there are jobs or there wouldn't be so many eastern Europeans coming over to fill the vacancies. As Johnson and Slater often inform us the dole is either a pittance or not worth claiming so they must be coming over to work.

[Gentleman]

Even a minimum wage job pays better than a Eastern European considering any cash you make is worth 4 times as much back home.

You also don't ave any problems maintaining a lifestyle or in fact being to improve it unlike a native who has mortgages etc, children.

Also there's the NHS so you'll get yourself soe free operations ad your children taught for free.

Here's a point in case on farming today radio 4 farm owner who uses to inning about for fruit picking for 3 months each year they could earn the atonal average of Romania in that period.