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Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
But the proposal has sparked fury among farmers - who say British jobseekers have a ‘work ethic problem’ which means people simply refuse to do hard manual labour.
The farmers insisted yesterday that reliable foreign workers are vital for the industry and that foreign migrant labour has fulfilled their needs for generations.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
so long as the people taking the jobs don't lose the ability to go back onto benefits in a reasonable time afterwards if needed then great.
The reasons I have heard why people don't take these jobs is they lose benefits and have to wait months to go back on so end up losing money.
we need to get the long term unemployed into work to help them out of a rut.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso long as the people taking the jobs don't lose the ability to go back onto benefits in a reasonable time afterwards if needed then great.
The reasons I have heard why people don't take these jobs is they lose benefits and have to wait months to go back on so end up losing money.
we need to get the long term unemployed into work to help them out of a rut.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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They tried this in Holland last year. The policy lasted about three weeks and then when the fruit starting rotting on the trees the policy quietly disappeared.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThey tried this in Holland last year. The policy lasted about three weeks and then when the fruit starting rotting on the trees the policy quietly disappeared.
Omroep Brabant: Waalwijks schoonmaakbedrijf zoekt alleen 'Hollandse medewerkers': klacht over discriminatie
The irony is that the Brabanders don't really consider themselves "genuine Hollanders", so they have managed to piss off 99% of the population.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThey tried this in Holland last year. The policy lasted about three weeks and then when the fruit starting rotting on the trees the policy quietly disappeared.
We need to identify the scroungers and force them back to work.
Or we can automate and reduce the costs.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso long as the benefits disappear with it then great.
We need to identify the scroungers and force them back to work.
Or we can automate and reduce the costs.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
In this obsessive witch hunting environment created by UKiP, people do not think straight.If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.Comment
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostNow local cleaning conmpanies here in Brabant insist that their workers be pure Dutch:
Omroep Brabant: Waalwijks schoonmaakbedrijf zoekt alleen 'Hollandse medewerkers': klacht over discriminatie
The irony is that the Brabanders don't really consider themselves "genuine Hollanders", so they have managed to piss off 99% of the population.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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