(August 18, 2009 at 1:50 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(August 18, 2009 at 12:03 pm)bozo Wrote: Tell me what they can do or what the government can do to avoid them claiming benefit? And please don't say they can all start their own businesses.Why don't they do what a lot of students are doing and get a degree? Once the recession has blown over, they will have skills for jobs that will be available. I agree with you, they probably couldn't create businesses for themselves; we aren't living in a Libertarian society (yet). There is too much regulation and control over business; it needs to be lifted so that the people with ideas get the encouragement and support when setting up their own company.
Simply getting a degree is no answer. Nowadays a degree= debt. Worse, there simply aren't the jobs around for youngsters either with or without a degree.
My main point is that it isn't the unemployed's fault that they are jobless ( I accept a minority might welcome it ) and a civilised society looks after them through the benefit system.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
