Equitist wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 11:49am:


we all know somebody who uses the expression "human socio-economic relations" doesnt either

barnaby joe wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 11:52am:

smellovision

... wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 11:32am:


I agree with you on the point, the world does not anyone a free living, but if there are statistically 6% of people unemployed, there will not be a job out there for everyone, that is simple fact.
If the jobs are there and not being filled by lack of skill of the workers, the government should put more emphasis on training people instead of simply poaching skilled workers from other countries.
Years ago when I was a shift worker, having a regular job, I used to look in the papers for jobs advertised and go and look how many people applied, and I found that there were often some 25 people applying for one unskilled job, and that on a cold morning when the temperature was close to zero degrees.
So don't try to blame every unemployed for lack of interest in a job; sure some people are more motivated than others, but we are all different, and in race there can only be one winner and someone will finish last.

FriYAY wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 11:55am:



Onya Rosco!

Simple solutions from simple minds: give the lazy and disenfranchised some guns!  Better still, lock them away for a while and teach them how to load and fire those guns - and then let them loose...under surveillance and threat of losing access the freaking Dole...again...on a rigid timeframe...

"Who's the 'loser' now!? Bye bye..."

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No, they have to SAY they've looked for work.  This usually takes the form of looking through the phone book and writing random business names in their book - soemtimes actually done in the centrelink office!  I've seen it wiv me own 2 eyes...

... wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 12:26pm:



Hmmnnn...imagine being an employer of predominantly-low-skilled workers running a business in a high unemployment area - and being harassed on a daily basis throughout the year, by literally thousands of vulnerable, disadvantaged and/or otherwise 'unemployable' and dejected people, who are forced to make/document serial inquiries about non-existent work opportunities and rejections!?

A single parent friend of mine worked as a casual for PixiFoto for well over 5 years (plus various other jobs on-call over that time) - until she was recently laid-off when her store was closed...

When she first started at Pixi, a job vacancy Ad would yield about 20 genuine and at least partly-suitable applicants - a few of whose resumes would warrant an interview - and most of them receiving an actual response of some kind from the prospective employer...

Once the Howard Govt introduced Welfare to Slavery, a single job vacancy Ad would yield about 200 inquiries/applications - including a file-box full of written applications mostly from desperate mothers of young children - and sometimes with none of the applications warranting a phone call much less an actual interview...and the highly-pressured, poorly-paid and inexperienced ridiculously-young managers often neglecting to respond to any of the applicants (and resenting associated ongoing harassment from Control-link chasing up whether the single mums had actually applied)...

Such a stupid wasteful, inefficient and counter-productive system designed by stupid pollies and bureaucrats - to benefit poorly-goaled privatised Job Network Parasites at the expense of everyone else!

I claimed unemployment benefit when I was 19 in the 6 months between going to university and leaving school.

My parents told me to do so, they had paid a king's ransom into the country for near on 30 years so we had definitely paid for the right for me to get it.

I don't have an issue with people claiming benefits, what I do have an issue with is people thinking they should get more and more for doing nothing and that taxpayers should fund it.

We can't afford it.
The country is in debt.
The country had to bring in a levy to pay for Queensland.

How can we afford to give more dole money without affecting taxes for people who work?
It can't be done!!!