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Originally Posted by Letum
There was a time when people found temp. work to get enough money for something
they needed instead of leaching of the government and my taxes. 
There is not a single place in the UK where you can't find someone willing to pay you
for something so not having a car is no excuse. Get a S***ty job to get the cash for a
decent job!
Benefits should be for necessities, driving lessons / new cars, etc.
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hehe, you make it sound like he's dick turpin or something.
As Kapitan is only 19, the experience of the jobcentre will be a valuable one on many levels.
The law says he's entitled to it, and so he is.
Whatever he gets out of the government whilst signing on is nothing compared to what he'll end up paying out in income tax and all of the other taxes we have here.
I can appreciate his desire to learn to drive... unless you live within sensible walking/cycling distance of work it's pretty much the only way.
I suppose he could always catch a bus... LMFAO :rotfl:
And I think the criticism is directed to the poor standard of efficiency commonly associated with most benefits departments. Lets face it; if he were really scraping the bottom he'd be stuffed after 5 weeks with nothing to live on. It doesn't matter who's tax goes to pay for it in the end, and it is nothing to decry simply because some people choose not to accept what is available to them by law.
Besides, he won't be able to stay on the dole indefinitely; he'll end up as slave labour to some government community scheme run by a third party contractor who gets a big fat government subsidy for each 'new deal candidate' to make sure he
doesn't get a decent job. I know for a fact that this is how many of these companies operate and profit from their involvement with places like the jobcentre. It's these ****er's who are wasting everyone's taxes and everyone's time.
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Originally Posted by mr chris
The Army is well undermaned and has many different jobs to offer .
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I'm sure that's fine for some, but comes with the very real possibility of ending up dead, and all for a pitifully small salary as a n00b. You'd be better off financially to take what is offered in the way of state help for a short term, then get a decent job with better prospects than being a squaddie.
As I said before, he'll pay more in tax in the long-term than he ever will get in the way of state handouts.