Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
Fine with upping minimum wage but not if it has an equal or worse impact on job availability

The poor generally don't pay tax so I don't see how that's worthwhile

Totally behind increasing the increase of incentive to work but IMO that should include decreasing the incentive not to

Not sure how this would be funded though
Perhaps if one was to look closely at how Norway, Finland and to a lesser extent Sweden work - high wage high tax good services economy then there lies part of the answer.

There is a lot of hot air expelled when people talk about a disincentive to work - take a look at what living on benefits means and I think you will find very few willingly choose that for themselves! The current regime, is very tight in terms of requiring claimants to seek out work and indeed with current vacancies there is little scope to avid a job if thats what wants to d without having benefits sanctioned.

I accept that there is a minority, who claim benefits and work cash in hand on the side, but it is a minority - when overall benefit take up is actually less than budgeted and illegal tax evasion costs millions more than benefit fraud, its time perhaps to target more valid areas?