Groovyelms wrote:Hi, an emotive subject!!! having known a few people who throughout their lives have either never worked or skilfully worked the system, you have to ask Why?
Sometimes it's not the fault of the people concerned. They are unable to work due to disability or personal circumstances.
But sometimes, it's due to laziness. And the fact that we have so many immigrants who speak pidgin English doesn't help. I used to work as a recruitment consultant, and we'd sometimes get people looking for work who spoke terrible English. We took their details (so we couldn't get sued for racial discrimination), but there was no way we were going to put them forward for a job. If we'd sent them to work for a client, and they were unable to understand basic instructions or understand what was happening when someone shouted 'Fire!', it would have been a lose-lose situation...
Groovyelms wrote:As also someone with no less than two immediate familly members, with serious mental health problems, I am glad the welfare start and caring staff are out there.....
I'm also glad there is support available.
Sometimes people are genuinely unable to work due to mental illness. But sometimes, I wonder if it's an excuse, and if going out to work would actually take their mind off their problems and do them some good.
I used to have a mate who was manic depressive, and was on incapacity benefits (which he liked to hand over to the one armed bandit in his local pub). If you were to meet him, you'd think he was a normal, friendly, down to earth guy. I never once saw him behave in a weird manner. So I do question whether the state should have been paying him to sit on his arse all day, to put it bluntly...
Jeff
