Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
It's not a lefty way of looking at it all , it basically boils down to the fact that people in work have a right to a wage that keeps pace with inflation .

If government subsidies are needed through in work benefits then so be it but they have a duty to be kept in line with inflation .

Surely you should be supporting in work benefits then if your business would suffer drastically if they weren't available .
Make you’re mind up, you stated that all employers should be paying every members of staff £15 an hour which would negate the need for benefits!

When I started work in 78 I was on YTS/YOP scheme money of £18.60 less stoppages for a 40 hour week.

I was better off whilst at school getting pocket money because when I started work mum took £5.50 out of my £15.60 take home pay.

Whilst at school I “earned” more with pocket money, keeping my dinner money and doing odd jobs for neighbours.

When I left school I still did stuff for neighbours.

These days, every man and his dog wants a handout FFS!

Today’s so called “poverty” doesn’t even come close to the 60’s and 70’s for the vast majority of people.

Most of the kids at my council estate school were really poor and some in dire poverty, we were hard up but not poor but we got by without complaining all the time.

There’s no backbone to people anymore.