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We have removed those responsible for getting us in the financial mire we're in, that's what we've done! Glenn Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jun 2010, at 10:50, Aminot Goodenough <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Hi > > While the national unemployment rate is around 10%, among young > people it is 15%, with just under a million young people (16 to 24) > unemployed. > > 20,000 of them are young mothers, who paradoxically, now have an > opportunity to put mothering before work. Even if a whole 10% of > the rest of these young people are shirkers, malingerers and wasters > who have no intention of working, that still leaves over 800 000 who > are desperately trying to find work. THERE IS NO WORK. > > > > The Government estimates that 1.3 million more jobs will be lost as > a direct result of the budget > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/29/budget-job-losses-unemployment-austerity > > > > The Government would like people on incapacity benefit to have tests > to show what work they can do (opportunity for occupational > health?). If these tests show that they can do some work, then they > will be forced to look for work, and have their benefits cut. > Basically, the intention is to cut benefits regardless of whether > you can work or whether there is work available. Anyway, should > they be made to compete for jobs when there are so many young > unemployed? The ethics have always dictated that when a ship is > sinking, the old and infirm should allow the young (who have their > lives ahead of them) to get to the lifeboats. > > > > My solution > > Government should allow anyone over the age of 50 who wishes to do > so, to retire now, and Government should enhance their pensions to > make up any shortfalls. Where will the money come from, you ask? > The answer is simple. By making room for the young people, they > will ensure that the country does not have a new subculture of young > people who will never have work experience, self-esteem, or > independence or build up the discipline and ethic that comes out of > being in a job. The alternative is for these young people to be a > burden on society, from their teenage years, for the rest of their > lives, because even when/if the labour market improves, these people > WILL NOT KNOW how to go about becoming employed. > > > > Oh ye colleagues who voted the Conservatives in. What have you done? > > > > Best wishes > > Aminot Goodenough > > > > > ******************************** Please remove this footer before > replying. > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH