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Originally Posted by jambutty
Compared to a pensioner £5.52 per hour is above the poverty line but what about a family man with a wife and two kids?
I read recently that there are several thousand newly qualified doctors who cannot get a position so presumably they will have to sign on the dole. So what job would you allocate them?
What do you do with a 54 years old engineer/electrician/plumber/accountant etc.?
All these ‘solutions’ are coming from people in employment and of course they know it all. “I got off my backside and made something of myself, why don’t you?” is a phrase that is often bandied about by the self employed. Well not everyone can and has the ability to become self employed. But then were would the workers come from if everyone was self employed? In any case of all the thousands of new self employed some half end up bankrupt within six months. Yes there is practical help out there when starting your own business but the help is not free and just leeches away the lifeblood of the business.
You get a different perspective in the dole queue and you do the best that you can for yourself and your family.
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The family man as shillelagh mentioned if only on £5.52 ph would be entitled to working and children tax credits.
Also goes for single people on min wage would also be entitled to working tax credits as a top up and may still get some housing benefit and council tax benefit