Why doesnt?

neon_glows

I have an idea and wondering if it has ever been tried before anywhere and if it works...

For all those unemployed people, why doesnt the goverment create a new factory specialising in something that other countrys need right now and the people who get jobseekers allowance and the dole should be made work in said factory to earn there money and the manufactured products could be sold overseas for much cheaper as the labour was free thus returning more money into the economy!

Replace factory with a farm or something or what ever industry!

Spades

"Being made"sounds like slave labour. I think its very important to remember that a very high percentage collecting state benifits would prefer to get out of bed in the morning and go to work, but not like suggested here.

No government will bring back in a workhouse system, and I am pretty sure it would also be illegal.

Sea Sharp

They could get around it by doing the following. Cut the dole in half and then say "work for us get 200 a week, do nothing get 100 a week". Giving exceptions to people who cannot work for medical reasons.

Why don't prisons do this?

Zynks

Spades wrote: »

...its very important to remember that a very high percentage collecting state benifits would prefer to get out of bed in the morning and go to work...

I would prefer not to pay so many taxes, and would prefer to be living in a sunnier country after winning the lotto, but I guess life is not always about what we prefer.

I do agree that unproductive people should be given an opportunity to contribute to society like unemployed builders helping build facilities in their own kid's schools if there is a need and no government funds, and so on. If I become unemployed (which is always a possibility) I would certainly be happy to contribute towards something that will produce social improvements while I am looking for something else.

I certainly like the idea of criminals paying "their debt to society" with work, rather than just being deprived of their rights to come and go, while enjoying a rather cosy and severely expensive setup.

However, this low cost factory sounds like a really bad idea TBH.

ZYX

Besides the moral issues, 4 points

1. Itwould have to be a pretty big factory to employ 400,000 people.
2. It would have to produce something not already produced in Ireland or else those factories already producing it would not be able to cope and would go bust.
3. European Union would not allow it.
4. Would everyone get the same pay for doing different jobs in same factory? ie manager earns same as cleaner.

Flamed Diving

Shot down.

Sea Sharp

What about something similar, aimed specificaly at construction of wind-farms on a mass scale or something. Something that the country needs.

1huge1

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

What about something similar, aimed specificaly at construction of wind-farms on a mass scale or something. Something that the country needs.

A good idea but isn't there already companies like airtricity currently doing this, for the government to come in and do this on a mass scale would make companies like airtricity obselete. But I do see where you are coming from and the advantages could be great.

Maybe grants to companies like airtricity to take on extra workers or something alone those lines.