Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
So the smart thing to do is to make it a mission to BE a director!
If you have a problem with your pay then get another job.
If you think you are not qualified to get another job,GET qualified.
If you think that you can do a better job paying wages than your employer does, DO what he did.. Invest/risk your money,start a business and put YOUR money where your mouth is in your employees pockets!!

Otherwise...Work hard,be loyal to the guy that pays you and stop bloody moaning.
FACT..
Its boring.
I personally think this is the crux of the issue and some of these words I tend to repeat to people who tell me I'm lucky.
One of the bottom lines here is that living on benefits should not pay the same as being in a job.
As I recall benefits are a temporary situation, not a lifestyle. Under the previous government they happily allowed too many people to make this a lifestyle.

The next bottom line is we can't afford to continue like this so making people do something that gives 'community back' will no doubt repay the community that helped them during unemployment.
I was out of work and still had bills and maintenance to pay - it took me 3 months to find a job and I didn't sign on until end of the first month but the whole process was very uncomfortable.

Company bosses are the people who are fruits of their own labour - they are the bosses because they took the lead. So why shouldn't they pay themselves what they think they are worth?
They educated themselves and raised their heads up, focused on developing their careers where a lot of unemployed people couldn't care less.
So the divide between some of these people will increase.

We live in a free enterprise society where you can get on the internet and learn a lot of skills, but you have to be bothered.

The last bottom line will be this - if this policy sees the light of day the new government won't repeal it, they may say they will but they won't because whoever wins the election will need to get their house in order.

And of course Ed balls will have a new credit card to go spending on.

I was in California last month in Silicon Valley and met a lot of IT people and they were all happy and smiling because whilst their education was paying they were paying a max of 35% tax and they saw plenty of their hard earned money..

There is no point taxing to the hilt a group of people because they will walk - as ever everything has to be balanced.
I would imagine a guy or girl on £100k is paying about £35k in tax and has no tax allowance. A guy in sainsburys earning £20k would be paying £2k a year. The statement that the rich should pay more is true - they are.

Let the lifestyle sponges earn their benefit but anyone who is on benefits for just a few months should be supported to find another job.. I mentioned when is out of work, the job centre couldn't help me find a job.. But they had to see I was trying..