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honey!oh sugar sugar.
In The Know (as always) wrote: John Marsh wrote: Review the 30 years after the second world war and you will see a society closer to full employment a less a need for social security. So reducing retirement age would be a step towards answering the problem there are many other steps that could be taken.
We are not just looking for "bodies" to fill gaps anymore ....
It doesn't matter how many retire - if you have no talent, no skills, and no ability then there is no job for you.
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Yes. Not everyone is academic or artistic, and no matter how many qualifications, no matter how much training, if you are not suited to the jobs that young people are brainwashed into believing they have a right to, you will always be at the back of the queue.
In The Know (as always)
John Marsh wrote: Review the 30 years after the second world war and you will see a society closer to full employment a less a need for social security. So reducing retirement age would be a step towards answering the problem there are many other steps that could be taken.
We are not just looking for "bodies" to fill gaps anymore ....
It doesn't matter how many retire - if you have no talent, no skills, and no ability then there is no job for you.
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Pattaya
Welfare is an old debate.
It became obvious back in the early 70s that welfare needed reforming,but then you get to Thatcher's 3 million unemployed,then you see her using welfare to stop a revolution amongst the proletariat made surplus to requirements by her useless economic policies.
Nothing much was done,then along comes the coalition,in a panic,and while they did at least make a brave attempt they have got things wrong,and add EU labour laws,and you really do have a problem.
honey!oh sugar sugar.
John Marsh wrote: Blueboy said "....There are people are suffering as a result of the benefit cut backs but it is difficult to answer the call to cut down on benefit cheats while making sure things like this don't happen, how do you achieve the balance?" To really anwser the question the real problem firstly needs to be acknowledged which is lack of jobs. Review the 30 years after the second world war and you will see a society closer to full employment a less a need for social security. So reducing retirement age would be a step towards answering the problem there are many other steps that could be taken. But the problem has to faced before it can be answered.
But an injustice even to one person is still an injustice that shouldn't happen. Even if we had full employment there would still be some people in need of benefit changes that should (and could) be dealt with on the spot.
I am not arguing against benefit cuts (although I think some get too much and some too little) but leaving someone with no means of support for weeks is uncivilised, and backdating the claim doesn't put it right.
John Marsh
Blueboy said "....There are people are suffering as a result of the benefit cut backs but it is difficult to answer the call to cut down on benefit cheats while making sure things like this don't happen, how do you achieve the balance?" To really anwser the question the real problem firstly needs to be acknowledged which is lack of jobs. Review the 30 years after the second world war and you will see a society closer to full employment a less a need for social security. So reducing retirement age would be a step towards answering the problem there are many other steps that could be taken. But the problem has to faced before it can be answered.