Oh Dear: Four million households where no adults work

[milanbenes]

Four million households where no adults work - Telegraph

Four million households where no adults work

'The statistical bulletin published on Wednesday, based on the Labour Force Survey, shows that between April and June 2010, there were 3.9m households in Britain where no one was working – 19.2 per cent of the total population. '


this is not something to be proud of.


I have long argued, it would be cheaper for the country as a whole to have subsidised coal and motor and ship building industry and keep people in work, than have generations with no job.


Work brings pride, generations without a job or possibility of a job is a self perpetuating cycle.


Had the subsidised industries been in place, Britain would be coming out of the crisis faster on the back of the lower pound and strong manufacturing.

You see folks, industry and manufacturing are the foundation blocks of a solid economy.


Milan.

[gingerjedi]

Four million households where no adults work - Telegraph

I have long argued, it would be cheaper for the country as a whole to have subsidised coal and motor and ship building industry and keep people in work, than have generations with no job.

Totally agree, I can't believe the Indian railways really need 1.6 million employees. Do our railway networks and franchises have 1 employee for every 12 passengers?

The flaw in Thatchers logic was everything had to make money regardless of the knock on effect.

[Mich the Tester]

Totally agree, I can't believe the Indian railways really need 1.6 million employees. Do our railway networks and franchises have 1 employee for every 12 passengers?

Indian railways don't just carry passengers, but freight too; that's probably where they make a lot of money.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I have long argued, it would be cheaper for the country as a whole to have subsidised coal and motor and ship building industry and keep people in work, than have generations with no job.


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Had the subsidised industries been in place, Britain would be coming out of the crisis faster on the back of the lower pound and strong manufacturing.

Meanwhile, back in the real world.....

[milanbenes]

umm,

so how you explain Germany ?

Milan.

[_V_]

Or explain the French having a thriving motor industry with Citroen, Renault, Peugeot all making good products and employing lots of French people.

If Thatcher had lived in France, we'd still be making our own cars and the French would all be jobless chavs.

[Mich the Tester]

umm,

so how you explain Germany ?

Milan.

It's full of Germans. They're good at all that industrial stuff.

Why do the Swiss Railways work so well? Because they're run by the Swiss.

Why is the food in Italy so good? Because it's cooked by Italians.

Why is Sweden so peaceful? Because it's full of randy blondes.

This is the way it is, and you can't change it. At least, not quickly.

[Mich the Tester]

From my detailed observations of "Wallender", it's also stuffed to the gunwhales with psycho killers.

That's a fantasy world where they try to look more interesting than they really are. Either that, or it's written by the one guy in Sweden who couldn't get laid.

[Sysman]

From my detailed observations of "Wallender", it's also stuffed to the gunwhales with psycho killers.

By the same token it's many years since I watched Heartbeat, but I'm sure that if you looked at the crime statistics for the era, a disturbingly high proportion of them were committed in or around Aidensfield.

[shaunbhoy]

By the same toen it's many years since I watched Heartbeat, but I'm sure that if you looked at the crime statistics for the era, a disturbingly high proportion of them were committed in or around Aidensfield.

And that "Midsomer" place is a real anomaly!!!
Population of a few dozen and a murder every week? They should call it "Lewisham"!!