Workfare: Why MP’s are ok with it
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Why are MP’s okay with the proposed idea of workfare via the planned Work for Your Benefit pilots? You would have thought that more MP’s would have expressed concerns about the direction the country is moving to. Flexible New Deal scandal has today summarised the reasons why MP’s have generally been in favour of this slavery.
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FND Two schools of thought here.
1 they are so far out of touch it is unbeleivable. It is never acceptable to claim for money they shouldn’t rightly refuse. They turn round and say it was within the current rules doesn’t cut the mustard.
2 Thecurrent government wants to loose power so fed up that it is trying to annoy everyone.
I would personally go with the fact they are out oftouch with rality.
As regards bumber 4. What you say may be true of some of the large charities. But it is certainly not true of the many small charities run on a shoestring be dedicated people.
I work for a small charity, so I speak from expereince.
This whole idea disgusts me.
If i had to endure this crap my benefit would barely even cover the cost to get to work. Where I live First, another private organisation born out of the Thatcher ethos, charge £35 for a bus pass for the week. That’s half my benefit straight off – remember I don’t get paid so I have to feed myself and meet ALL my expenses (including those incurred by my new ‘employer’) out of £30 a week, even though the government says the minimum is £65 (according to the benefits notes you receive).
This is outright slavery and utterly utterly wrong. In fact this is not just disgustingly unethical but compeltely unworkable. There is no way people in my position thus could be forced to do this.
Well in part i agree with gerry attric many little charities do care for their people.
however i dont think this will work your being to asked to work for nothing.