Does the world owe......

[MrsT]

anyone a living?

[sandyRoe]

We live in a civilised and prosperous society. We do owe single mothers, the infirmed, and the unemployed, a decent standard of living.
And don't forget the asylum seekers who are forced to exist on a pittance.

[craft1948]

Don't forget the poor pensioners sandy.....

[naomi24]

.....nor the people who don't want to go to work.

[jno]

pensioners are workshy scum, craft. Send them all to Romania.

[sandyRoe]

I thought it went without saying that pensioners, such as my good self, deserve all we can get.

[craft1948]

I've never been to Romania......is it nice now they're all over here?

[craft1948]

I wouldn't mind a go at Ilie Nastase....does that count?

[woofgang]

No, the world doesn't owe anyone a living. Because we are, by and large, a prosperous society, we do have a moral duty to support those folk who cannot support themselves and to help them to become able to support themselves. I am not sure that we have a moral duty to support single mothers????? and I think that people who are unemployed should be employed working for the community when they are not jobseeking.

[woofgang]

I absolutely agree that pensioners should be supported to a decent standard. By and large they have led useful working lives and deserve a comfortable retirement.

[jno]

you'd want to avoid Transylvania, craft, and all those village pubs where people cross themselves when you ask what's up in the castle, but I'm told the beaches are nice.

[China Doll]

It owes me £3.77... And I charge interest.

[jno]

£3.77's a living? I suppose on Tesco's Basics Tinned Tomatoes

[China Doll]

The interest rate I charge is really quite high...

[MrsT]

then they get another job steve. It may not be exactly what they want or where they want but there are plenty of jobs. No one said it's easy.

[NoMercy]

You get out of life what you put into it and that's the way it should be. Why should anyone get taxed into utter oblivion on their hard-earned income to support the Jeremy Kyle generation of mothers who perpetually get pregnant to ascend the benefits and council property ladders?

[sara3]

sandy, I'm a single mother and I go to work.

[pastafreak]

This is from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation-the result of research into what constitutes a living wage that will provide a living standard that does not push the poor or low earners to the fringes of society. It will never happen of course-even though what it covers is quite basic.Unfortunately-more and more are finding that life is becoming more of a struggle.

[pastafreak]

Sorry...posted too soon,then lost internet...dohhhhh!

http://www.minimuminc...rd.org/livingwage.htm