Yes, and the UK Government are recently reported to be seeking to tighten up on those definitions.

But as for the 'dependency trap' created by the State Welfare system and exposed by the number of jobs taken by migrant workers - the UK Governement appears to remain unmoved and the UK tax payer must shoulder the burden of too much State funded benifits rather than job creation by supply side economics.

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Russian Imperialism is a greater danger to the World today than AlQueda terrorism

Yes this is the problem.

Many poor may not have a big screen T.V., but many do spend beyond there means. Top of the line shoes, clothes, etc..... If your poor then go to walmart and shop. I had to do this for many years. Also people with less money eat a crap load of fast food. That may seam like a cheap way to eat to some, but cooking meals at home does cost less. America is probably the only country that you can be poor and still be fat. Also you never here on the news a story about how someone starved to death.

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God favors no group only religions do that

It is not the children that are expected to provide for themselves - it is their parents that are expected to provide for their children.

Unless you are advocating the immoral practice of child labor?

Also I'd point out there are many 1000's of Poles working here in the UK, that have children of their own to support. Maybe British unemployed consider themseves better than our EU neighbours unemployed?

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Russian Imperialism is a greater danger to the World today than AlQueda terrorism

You asked several question.
No, I don't think you are on to anything. As I said, taxpayers already often give new large businesses money in the form of tax breaks and infrastructure development. But if an existing business doesn't have customers, you cannot "create" jobs by giving that business money. A careless or incompetent employee can COST a business money. As you must know, every employee comes with various expenses ( soc. sec., unemployment and workman's comp)

Finding jobs for people to sweep floors is not going to solve the main government expenditure: medical expenses. Those sorts of jobs don't come with medical benefits.

Finding low wage full-time jobs for poor single Moms is not the best thing for their babies and TANF is limited to a couple of years, anyway.

Is there anyone in this country other than single mothers collecting TANF? Why does everyone continue to call it welfare? Are you really referring to Medicaide? Because if you are, than that is a whole different ball of wax.

First off I didn’t say unemployed looking for a work? I said people who haven’t worked for a while (more than a few months), and that doesn’t mean they are looking for work, or even consider themselves "available" for work!

So, uh, no they are not!

http://www.bls.gov/

Read this page!

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_faq.htm


People on welfare only, or people who haven’t worked in a while are considered unemployable and not included part of the employed or unemployed. In fact they are not considered part of the labor force! They just simply are not included.

University students who work are counted but students who don’t work (close to 80% not on the labor force) are not counted!

If you work three jobs that counts as three people working, because a person can only be counted once. How many people do you know who have more than one job?

If you have run out your unemployment and are still looking for a job you could in some cases be considered employed. The numbers are misleading at times, and can be used to create a false conclusion when read wrong.

There is also some questionable numbers as to the way they do the phone surveys. They will call so many of the large corporations and ask if they have hired and/or eliminated positions in the past 30-90 days. A company can say yes we just hired 2000 new employees last month, but they do not have to say they hired them in Taiwan!

Seasonal workers for farming and holiday, are added according to a seasonal statistic. So a guy takes a part time job for the holidays and is considered employed for someone else, or an illegal takes a job and a legal American is given credit for having a job, since American citizens over the age of 16 are the only ones counted.

If you are a kid who works at a family business, like a farm/ranch/dairy, etc…, for no pay, you are considered employed.

In fact it is a wonder we haven’t reached negative unemployment by now, with the amount of unemployed not included in the equation..

Anyway we will get a much clearer number in 2010 when the census, is done again. But I doubt the government will be candid about the numbers, and they will be adjusted to make whomever is in office at the time look good!

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

excessive credit was given assuming you would not miss the point. by depriving the parent(s) of a subsistence we also victimize the child by withholding assistance. it is that disregard for the childrens' welfare which i find immoral. apparently we differ

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[Frontiersman editorial, 2/7/97]

Taxpayers can't give tax breaks, not even the President can do this, the sole responsibility for this falls on congress.

No but cutting their taxes will allows said business man to operate at lower costs, perhaps even freeing up enough extra cash to hire a new employee. If the business isn't one that is making any money, then the free market will work out the kinks and he'll either go out of business or change the product.

Again...if it wasn't for the tax aspect and other imposed government regulations then hiring a new employee wouldn't cost any more than it does to print out his application.

Last time i checked the constitution it did not grant anyone a RIGHT to health care, it is and should be something that we provide for ourselves, and it is no one else's responsibility but your own. Although i understand the predicament we have here.... responsibility isn't something libs believe in.

Mother's who've been left to raise children on their own, deserve assistance, but only have they've tracked down the worthless sob that isn't paying child support and taken every dime he has.

Yes people other than single mothers collects this and secondly, the new way of distributing welfare is to send tax refunds to people that actually paid no taxes at all. New strategy same idea, the redistribution of wealth.

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Yep and now they use that money to start companies in 3rd world nations. They are using tax dollars to set themselves up in business, take advantage of slave labor, and they are doing it with money that is available to them under the pretence of creating work here! That should be fraud!

Stop rewarding companies for sending jobs overseas (no tax breaks period), and levy import taxes on them as the foreign businesses they are, and that crap will stop!

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There are only two things wrong with this great nation of ours, democrats and republicans!

Not necessarily in that order.

There is, its called War!

The fragrant Mrs B L Z is upset with you, as she was a Maitre D on Celebrity cruise lines, and your comments about waiting on tables caused her to say "Sve je sranje osim pishanje ai pishanje uzvetar je saranje!"

She likes you really