My GF is 19.
She is one of maybe two girls from her class that isnt pregnant or got 1 or more kids. She has friends from school that have no intention of working in there lives, but they will spend £150 quid on an ann summers party, and have a bigger flat than us (we are both self employed). Her BF has no reason not to work by why should he? he spends all day on the xbox. They have just popped out their second
I agree with food stamps and vouchers. That would widdle out the spongers I think.
If you give a sponger cash they will splash it.
If you have come straight out of school, got pregnant or what ever, and never worked then you get support in the form of vouchers for kids clothes, food, transport, and help for BASIC accomodation. You are not allowed to get finance with your benefits, so no new cars, flash sofas etc on higher purchase. Just a basic dignified start, basic clothes, basic home, basic foods. If you want better then you have to work for it. even £4 per hour cash is better than a food stamp if you want an new telly.
Yes that will be hard, and yes it will be tough to get out into the world from that position, but the problem we have now is kids grow up in a consequence free enviroment. "f**k up my life and the government pays for a new one"
If you have paid into the system your whole life and loose your job, then the support should be based on what you have paid in. If you have paid in for years then should get an allowance based on that.
When I was doing 11hour days hard labour, 5days a week in all weathers, I was getting 24k per year BEFORE tax, and I thought that was a good wage! the money was the only thing that kept me doing it so long. The idea that someone could just not bother to work and get the same makes me furious!
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