Abolish the Dole

Donahg · 29-08-2011 11:59AM #1

Its time to abolish the dole for anybody that has been on it since pre 2007. This country can no longer afford to pay dole to people who never wanted to work,Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

Temaz · 29-08-2011 11:59AM

Another dole thread:rolleyes:

chin_grin · 29-08-2011 12:00PM

This should be interesting.

miju · 29-08-2011 12:01PM

Donahg wrote: »

Its time to abolish the dole for anybody that has been on it since pre 2007. This country can no longer afford to pay dole to people who never wanted to work,Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

100% agree someone on the dole since 2007 is nothing but a waster and leech on this country. But what you suggest is never going to happen unfortunately

Jimmy Bottlehead · 29-08-2011 12:01PM

chin_grin wrote: »

This should be interesting.

Shame we can't abolish you.

we'llallhavetea_old · 29-08-2011 12:01PM

abolish the dole threads

FatherLen · 29-08-2011 12:03PM

hey lets all shout abuse at op.

ABUSE

Spacedog · 29-08-2011 12:03PM

yeah, enslave them poor. can't they finish off those famine roads to nowhere?

rabble rabble rabble

Vicxas · 29-08-2011 12:03PM

Leave bob dole alone!!!

flutterflye · 29-08-2011 12:04PM

I don't even think this warrants intelligent replies, as the op is just foolish and impossible.

Mr Benevolent · 29-08-2011 12:05PM

Moronic idea. Abolishing the dole will dramtically increase violent crime rates. Extra policing, more spent on healthcare, social workers etc = more than you just saved abolishing the dole. Cue many more homeless too.

The dole in Ireland for a single person is on the low side compared to our cost of living index.

Oh yeah, and I've just stuck you on my ignore list, OP.

roast · 29-08-2011 12:05PM

It's never going to be abolished.

But for those people who have been on it since pre-2007, I reckon it should be at least halved, pending a means test or an examination of the circumstances. Laziness shouldn't be rewarded

chin_grin · 29-08-2011 12:06PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Shame we can't abolish you.

ScumLord · 29-08-2011 12:08PM

You might as well have called this thread "lets increase crime rates".

My name is URL · 29-08-2011 12:10PM

Confab wrote: »

Moronic idea. Abolishing the dole will dramtically increase violent crime rates. Extra policing, more spent on healthcare, social workers etc = more than you just saved abolishing the dole. Cue many more homeless too.

Quiet you.. your logic has no place here!

TheZohanS · 29-08-2011 12:18PM

Donahg wrote: »

Its time to abolish the dole for anybody that has been on it long term since pre 2007. This country can no longer afford to pay dole to people who never wanted to work,Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

FYP.

miju wrote: »

100% agree someone on the dole since 2007 is nothing but a waster and leech on this country. But what you suggest is never going to happen unfortunately

No Ted, have to disagree with you there, not everybody. I know of a few guys working in sales, in their mid-fifty's, that lost their jobs before the crash and they couldn't find other work. Lots of companies don't want to hire older workers.

nicechick! · 29-08-2011 12:19PM

Donahg wrote: »

Its time to abolish the dole for anybody that has been on it since pre 2007. This country can no longer afford to pay dole to people who never wanted to work,Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

So to take of the most vulnerable in society

Irish Guitarist · 29-08-2011 12:24PM

Donahg wrote: »

Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

What about people that came home for lunch, farted, and then went back to work?

Logical Fallacy · 29-08-2011 12:24PM

Donahg wrote: »

Its time to abolish the dole for anybody that has been on it since pre 2007. This country can no longer afford to pay dole to people who never wanted to work,Anybody who was farting at home during the boom should get no dole.

Shouldn't you be working?

mackg · 29-08-2011 12:25PM

chin_grin wrote: »

This should be interesting.

It never is

Chuck Stone · 29-08-2011 12:25PM

I can open beer bottles with a tea spoon.

Helix · 29-08-2011 12:25PM

Confab wrote: »

Moronic idea. Abolishing the dole will dramtically increase violent crime rates. Extra policing, more spent on healthcare, social workers etc = more than you just saved abolishing the dole. Cue many more homeless too.

The dole in Ireland for a single person is on the low side compared to our cost of living index.

Oh yeah, and I've just stuck you on my ignore list, OP.

yeah, instead we should just keep paying lazy buggers' sky bills

mackg · 29-08-2011 12:26PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I can open beer bottles with a tea spoon.

Which end?

Bipolar Joe · 29-08-2011 12:34PM

mackg wrote: »

Which end?

The one with the cap on it, DUH.

Chuck Stone · 29-08-2011 12:36PM

mackg wrote: »

Which end?

The spoon end (rather than the handle).

In fact I prefer to use a tea spoon rather than a bottle opener as it's faster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZckS9C5IC4

FloatingVoter · 29-08-2011 12:37PM

OP, if you're at work, try doing some instead of dossing on Boards.

KungPao · 29-08-2011 12:39PM

But then this poor chap would be out of a job

http://www.freshplaza.com/2007/1009/dole2.jpg

mackg · 29-08-2011 12:40PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

OP, if you're at work, try doing some instead of dossing on Boards.

Fap in the toilets?

eilo1 · 29-08-2011 12:41PM

abolish your face

Sergeant · 29-08-2011 12:44PM

How did we ever evolve, stopped living in caves and make something of ourselves as a species without the gentle hand of the welfare state to assist us?

Dravokivich · 29-08-2011 12:44PM

roast wrote: »

It's never going to be abolished.

But for those people who have been on it since pre-2007, I reckon it should be at least halved, pending a means test or an examination of the circumstances. Laziness shouldn't be awarded

Means Test guide lines for the dole:

Is the claimant currently employed? Y/N

Abolish the Dole

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