do you think peopleon the dole who cant find work should spend a year in the army?

Answer 1

absolutely, both male & female, anyone between the ages of 18 & 55....

Answer 2

Depending on their age 16 - 35 yes
Also if they cant find a job first then the Govt should allocate a job to them which they are not allowed to leave unless they find a better one or are sick(have to prove it)
Unless there is a recession people should only claim dole for six months
If they are a parent they should stay on income support but once the child is between 3 - 5 they should be assisted with Childcare and be able to work part time

Answer 3

I personally think everyone should spend 9 months in the service. I do have reasoning behind that statement. All young men & women would enter a full rated service for 9 months but would not have to go to war. After the 9 months then you could choose to stay in or go back to civilian life. I see this as a good way of separating the young people from their parents, to understand what respect and dicipline is, to break away from some friends that are not good to be around. Nothing should stop anyone from serving, be it marriage, pregnancy or college. If you left the country to avoid serving would void their citizenship. I am seeing way to many young adults just hanging around, not getting jobs and getting into trouble. The parents are either to busy or don't care to make them see right. Hey, it is my opinion. OH BTW, my husband is a retired Army Major, my oldest daughter served 9 years in the Navy, my youngest daughter is on her 11th year in the Air Force (just got back from the war) and my son chose not the service but because he knew what he wanted his first job lasted 19 years and now is a MedTech in the state prison. As I said, this is my opinion.

Answer 4

Not if they're one parent families with small children to look after!

We all know that there are some people who never want to work and are content to sit on their backsides watching TV or playing the computer all day, but there are others who are really trying to get work. For these people there is such a stigma about not working but the state of the economy is not their fault! - So for the genuine ones I would say NO they shouldn't have to serve a year in the army.

Having said that the army is a great place to have a career - as long as you're not being shot at.

Answer 5

I am a very strong advocate for national service for everyone.
The training and regime is good for the soul, it teaches discipline, respect , cleanliness, fitness and most of all preparedness for conflict should that be the case.
Anyone unwilling to find employment or training at the end of the national service period should be refused welfare but have an option to remain in the forces until such time they find other work.
Previous generations that have adopted national service have by and large produced a more upstanding decent people.

Answer 6

I think people on the dole should not be allowed to claim dole if they are fit and healthy, and maybe your right a stint in the army would definately cure there lazyness. You have to think about them logically though, you can understand why they dont want to work theres families with (lets say) 4 children that get there rent paid there council tax paid and still money to live off. Why should they go to work. The government should make it harder for them to claim dole or social securtiy.

Answer 7

No, but people who obviously don't want a job should be put to work in the army, or at least be made to "earn" their dole by helping out in the community, with old folks and the like

Answer 8

I think that we should bring back National Service, anyone who does not go have a job or continue on to further education should be sent to do national service by law. But sadly this nanny state we live in would probably say that it is against there human rights. GOD HELP US!

Answer 9

Ya Paul C sign me up but i was in the Air Force during Vietnam so the Army just would not suit or fit my MOS! Where are all these wonderful jobs you know about?

Answer 10

Signing-on is soul-destroying. I had to do it a few years back, but only lasted a few weeks before I began to suspect that those officious old gits who worked there seemed to be trying to convince us all that we were ALREADY on the scrap-heap of society and the only option left was to be one of those sad old bastards that collects supermarket trolleys from carparks in the rain. At one stage one of the ugly old witches told me to do as I'm told because "you work for ME now".
The whole system is screwed. You can get free training, sure - it wouldn't show you how to open a can of dog-food. They'll teach you what your four-year-old already knows.
Your government is training people how to maximise their claims - YOUR government, use your vote.

Answer 11

There is a saying about one volunteer being worth ten pressed men and as someone who volunteered for the Army to escape chronic lack of opportunity in NE England in the 1970's, I would not want a conscript watching my back and the experience of National Service seemed to make the brass and politicians realise that too and conscription was abandoned.