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Reply to Take a third option: My solution to unemployment and unemployment benefits in Politics JoeUser Forums

Unemployment trap. Social wage deals with both. The social wage would massively enhance incentives to find work. All earnings would be a plus.. no claw back.

Reply to Take a third option: My solution to unemployment and unemployment benefits in Politics Stardock Forums

(I make about $2,000 a week but it varies quite a bit, mostly royalties... and I am perfectly happy to pay almost double the income tax I do so as to bring about this system) .... All the same, $400 pw social wage is a bit excessive perhaps. More like $200-300. With a GDP of about $45,000 per capita p.a. (USA) the payouts would approximate to about $13,000 per capita pa. (remember, EVERYONE would get this payout while of course having to pay a bit more in taxes to afford it) Plenty to spare i

Reply to Take a third option: My solution to unemployment and unemployment benefits in Politics Stardock Forums

Finish completely with the whole entitlements/contributions mindset. "Social Wage" for everyone. From a multimillionaire/billionaires to down and out hobos. All get about $400 a week. Student, pensioner, unemployed, holiday pay, maternity/paternity pay, extra support for those in very difficult businesses such as small farmers, sick leave, .... ad infinitum = COVERED!!</

Reply to BC Can Kiss My A** in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's a strange sensation living in these times. They'll have every known cancer defeated "utterly" in about 25 to 30 years. Just that teeny bit late for a lot of us. It's like missing that plane by 2 seconds. But at least our sprogs should benefit.

Reply to If you’re not running Windows 7 64-bit yet, please do so soon in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

XP rocks until I can get a pirated copy of seven. I'm not giving those white collar crooks Microshaft a cent.

Reply to Fun for the kitty this weekend in Life Journals Stardock Forums

Well, had to have the goolies chopped off one of ours only a couple of days back. Strangely enough though I think he'll be happier for it (was wailing in frustration at not being able to score and he was too decent to do rape).