tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post117007608749768267..comments2024-03-09T18:57:10.942+13:00Comments on Liberty Scott: Working for other peoples' money unfairLibertyscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-1170798279407230822007-02-07T10:44:00.000+13:002007-02-07T10:44:00.000+13:00sheesh I'd be worried they'll lend you a hand alri...sheesh I'd be worried they'll lend you a hand alright, reducing the amount you need to move permanently!Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-1170721346776858892007-02-06T13:22:00.000+13:002007-02-06T13:22:00.000+13:00I have an idea: being about to move (rented) house...I have an idea: being about to move (rented) house I have a lot of stuff to pack up and put on a truck.<BR/>How about some of the dole recipients I'm supporting turn up and give me a hand?<BR/>Yeah, riiight. That'd involve them acknowledging a debt and getting off their backsides, wouldn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-1170152030150625682007-01-30T23:13:00.000+13:002007-01-30T23:13:00.000+13:00Uroskin, the fundamental problem is that this was ...Uroskin, the fundamental problem is that this was under a culture where people had the self-respect to largely find it personally unacceptable to sit about idle doing nothing - you still see in many of the elderly who don't want to be useless, counter that to some younger people who happily will be useless (in Britain they are called WAGs). <BR/><BR/>You have a useful suggestion of making it Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-1170120133062328572007-01-30T14:22:00.000+13:002007-01-30T14:22:00.000+13:00I would rather look at it from a different perspec...I would rather look at it from a different perspective: you pay tax your in working life to ensure you against life's bad patches such as illness, unemployment and old-age destitution. This was the original thought behind the welfare state and set up by labour unions in Europe at the end of the 19th century: there was a clear link between your contribution (when you could) and the benefit (when Hans Versluyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331809478789352312noreply@blogger.com