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Re: Work for dole
Ok lets look at this logically. An average family of 2 adults and 2 children. They would require a 3 bedroomed house to live, rent approx 500 ( and thats cheap). On benefits, approx 125 a week, plus approx 25 council tax, 20 gas, 20 electric, 5 water so total of 195 without food, clothing etc. lets round it up to 200 to make it easier.
A worker or minimum wage of £5.52 would have to work approx 50 hours a week to get a net income to purely cover the outgoings detailed above. This is above the national directive of 48 hours maximum. Of course, this would mean the family would be naked and starved.
Of course, one person in this family could be classed as hard core unemployed, he/she is fit and able to work. The other is excusable as they are looking after the children.
Does it make sense them going back to work? No. And the Government still wonder why we have children being fed cheap processed food, families buying cheaper foreign imports, malnutrition, problems with learning, problems with crime and so on.
Doesnt really take a genuis to work it out
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