Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post

Whilst we have a social conscious which makes us feel people should enjoy an 'average' standard of living, if we looked at it more from a Filipino angle, maybe we would have more people who would work, albeit for a minimum wage, with the desire to improve their life-style by their own efforts, rather than accepting hand-outs from the State, i.e.those who do work.
I can't comment on Filipino's but I know immigrants such as the Kurds & Polish live together in large numbers and divide the rent, food and other living costs between themselves. They don't mind sharing a bedroom with 3 or 4 other people, even if it means sleeping on the floor. They'll even buy a car between them and divide the costs. This way the cost of living in the UK is cheap for them so they're quite happy to work for minimum wage, whereas a single British person who lives on their own on minimum wage has to pay all their living expenses from a single paltry wage .