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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth
I don't think this is for the people who are between jobs. This is for people who have been long term unemployed.
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6 months in the current job climate is not long term unemployed.
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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth
And I don't see things like tiding up your community as the work of criminals. But if y'all see that as the work of criminals then there's nothing to debate on that point.
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But it is? Thats what community service currently is...
Along with some paid positions doing the same thing of course, which would go under this scheme.
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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth
Having people do lets say a weeks work, even 20 hours a week picking up the litter on a beach. If we look at the good this could do, it would catch out the people who are actually working and collecting benefits, as they couldn't keep their cash-in-hand job while doing this. People appalled by the idea might go take a different job rather than do work for their benefits.
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It wouldn't though, the 'professional' claimants for want of better words, will find a way around it. Also the amount of people doing this is ridiculously tiny, so again its punishing the majority for the actions of the minority.
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Originally Posted by GypsyGoth
Those actually looking for a job could be helped and exempt from doing this.
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But they wont be....
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