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Originally Posted by Cherie

An 18 year old doesn't necessarily need a full time job from the get go as most will be living at home, whats wrong with a part time job to get on the ladder?

That was in response to The Truth saying; "I would strip anyone of benefit who was fit for work."

That's fine - if there are enough jobs available for everyone who is fit for work (which there are not).

Kizzy - focus was on full time positions being available for anyone who wants one again, in response to The Truth's statement above, because he's talking about wanting to strip benefits from anyone who is fit for work. I was pointing out that to hold that stance, it would need to be the case that there are jobs available for ALL of those people to support themselves. An adult cannot support themselves without benefits in a part time position... therefore, anything but full-time positions are a smoke screen. It's all very well for someone to say that there are "plenty of jobs available", but 16 hours of part time work is not going to cut it.