R.I.P. "Fats"

[scott-atkinson]

We have plenty of labour here already.

Simple, tell the layabouts on the dole and benefits they have to do a minimum 6 months work or their free money is cut totally. They are quite capable of picking a few carrots or strawberries. The welfare system saves 6 months money and gets tax from their earnings.
I agree we need doctors etc, so adopt a points system to allow in only those we need like they do/did in Australia.

Col

What do you think the stealth behind the 6 week wait for Universal credit is...

And that hasn't worked as the governement is now relenting and taking it back to 4 weeks, as people would rather visit a food bank or go homeless than work..

And if homelessness and food bank use increases so does crime, and we have not got the Police boots on the ground to prevent it...

It's a vicious circle, but it need'nt have been like that, Capitalism has bred greed and greed has bred envy... and Capitalism is Thatcher's fault...

Whilst there is Money in this world there will be greed and envy...

 

[ColinEssex]

It's a vicious circle, but it need'nt have been like that, Capitalism has bred greed and greed has bred envy... and Capitalism is Thatcher's fault...

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So you favour Communism then. You're not a Ruskie are you?

Col

 

[Mark_]

What do you think the stealth behind the 6 week wait for Universal credit is...

And that hasn't worked as the governement is now relenting and taking it back to 4 weeks, as people would rather visit a food bank or go homeless than work..

And if homelessness and food bank use increases so does crime, and we have not got the Police boots on the ground to prevent it...

It's a vicious circle, but it need'nt have been like that, Capitalism has bred greed and greed has bred envy... and Capitalism is Thatcher's fault...

Whilst there is Money in this world there will be greed and envy...

So best to follow the socialist path? If they don't produce, take them out behind the chemical sheds and have done with them? Norsefire would be proud.

 

[ColinEssex]

Personally, I can't see what's wrong with capitalism, I've done alright out of it. Nice house, no mortgage, more money I can spend. No debt of course. Anything I want I just buy it, bought an expensive sheepskin coat the other week, haven't bothered to wear it yet, don't need it.

I can't see why people have so much trouble with money, people are moaning that interest rates went up today, obviously that means more money for me and more on their massive mortgage, they should have thought that rates go up as well as down.

col

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'm generally in favor of finding a decent balance, but I favor capitalism by a wide margin.

I understand the need for taxes and there are legit cases where folks need help. But when I start to feel that the welfare cheats are making more money from their lies than I did from my own work, it is time to re-assess reality.

 

[scott-atkinson]

I'm not a Ruskie or a Sociolist, although I am a Labour supporter...lol, so perhaps I'm both of those..

A good example of Capitalism gone wrong is the Paradise Papers, the rich legally hiding their wealth so they do not have to contribute to the taxes that everybody else has to and has no say in doing so...

All that avoided tax that could fund education and hospitals...

The Rich keep rich whilst the poor are kept poor...

As for me, I would consider myself comfortable, I work hard, earn a good wage, don't have to worry about where the next meal comes from.. But I am certainly not rich by any imagination..