someone made a good point about that those people have worked and paid there taxes and so are entitled to it.... which in some respects is true, but quite a lot of have contributed nothing to society... so the NEW QUESTION IS:
Should unemployment benefit then be paid out in accordance to how much tax and national insurance you have paid in your working life? Or should it be the same for everyone?
2006-09-04 00:40:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Gripper, thanks for your mature response and insightful views... I'm sure we will all get a lot from your comments.
2006-09-04 01:05:36 · update #1
No it should be the same for everyone, that's the principle of the Welfare State.
However, it should be more strictly controlled so that anyone abusing the system is penalised.
If you dont contribute to society you dont deserve to be part of it.
2006-09-04 00:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everybody has paid the dues. There are a lot of people who leave school and never work (ie: some get pregnant). Please don't have a go - my mum worked in an estate office and SOME girls put teir names on the waiting list at 15 planning on getting pregnant so they would have a house and not work.
I think to some extent ALL benefits should be calculated on what has been paid in except in excpetional circumstances. For example if you work until 20 then have a child surely your child benefit should be less than somebody who has worked to 35 then had a child. Maybe the same should be done for unemployment benefit, but with 'top-ups' for anyone willing to then do charity work. This would mean that those who want to work can earn more than those lazy beggers who don't really want a job anyway.
2006-09-04 00:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by geegee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi I've just been to job centre today to make a claim for job seekers allowance. I'm 36 years of age I am not highly educated as I left school at 15 so sat no exams but have worked from the age of 16 until now with very short periods of unemployment due to redundancies.
I take the view that money should be given to people who really want to work but more help should also come from people who work in job centres to help clients find a suitable job.
The problem is that a lot of people don't want to work in a job that is low paid when they know that if they sit at home the government will pay for their housing and up keep for children (till age 18) also give them money to live on.
I personally could not do this and am trying very hard to get a job at the moment I've not been very successful.
It really does hurt though knowing that a lot of money is being drained from the tax paying public just so that some (not all) unemployed people can rip off the system.
Why don't you run for government I'll vote for you.
2006-09-04 06:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefits system is very complex.and it is true that unless you have a current record of having paid NI contributions (what income tax you have paid is irrelevant )you will not be eligible for certain benefits.However other benefits will be available as a theoretical safety net to stop you from becoming destitute and starving. The extent of these "free" benefits that are provided for people who have never contibuted is a matter for political judgement but many people including myself believe the system in the UK has gone too far in some cases and removed the incentive to work.
2006-09-04 00:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by little weed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should get the same, but if you haven't paid anything in you shouldn't get all the benefits out there, which most of us probably haven't go a clue about.
Although when our jobs are being sent abroad such as call centres etc. and probably tons more that could be done right here then why shouldn't unemployment be paid, how else do the people live, maybe they could go abroad and get British jobs.
2006-09-04 01:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jayne 2 (LMHJJ) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should get the same basic amount. For people like me looking for there first job they would get no money if it went on how mush TAX they have paid.
2006-09-04 00:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To my understanding you only get half the income you recieved prior to becoming unemployed. And no it should not be the same for everyone. That would be like everyong getting the same tax refund.
2006-09-04 00:45:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i envy...in my country, there's no such thing as "unemployment benefits".
the suggestion sounds fair enough - in accordance to how much tax one paid
2006-09-04 00:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by ash 7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same for everyone, there are various reasons that people are on benefits, i think those that are there by choice is very few but the tabloids would have us believe that they are choosing a cushy lifestyle.
2006-09-04 00:43:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We pay are taxes to fill our politicans pockets so no question of getting anything when unemployed, Here it is better to die than be unemployed
2006-09-04 00:50:50 · answer #10 · answered by Loviingly_Yours 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋