50 thousand dole scroungers?

davet82 · 07-02-2012 03:38PM #1

ok there is about 450,000 people unemployed people in the country now, in 2006 there were about 150,000 unemployed so would i be wrong in saying that there are about 300,000 people genuinely unemployed now? (no brainer)

so who were these 150,000 people when things were good? Are these the career scroungers we see people talking about in many posts on boards? I know no country has ever achieved nearly full employment as far as i'm aware, so lets say 2/3's of the were genuine between jobs that would still leave about 50 thousand people with no job. Is it possible we have 50k of career scroungers on our social protection bill? Or there is just never enough jobs for a country our size?

This is all abit what if, but how many people are taking the piss? Is it a small minority or is it the tens of thousands!!

chin_grin · 07-02-2012 03:39PM

After Hours? Unemployment thread?

Yeah, this should go well.

wes · 07-02-2012 03:40PM

I am sure the banker scoungers probably cost us more than those 50,000

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John Doe1 · 07-02-2012 03:41PM

The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight

Gonna
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight

stovelid · 07-02-2012 03:41PM

I scratched my arse just there and my finger is smelly.

Leo Dowling · 07-02-2012 03:42PM

Floating in the summer sky?

MickySticks · 07-02-2012 03:42PM

It's 2:45 pm OP why aren't you in work?

stateofflux · 07-02-2012 03:43PM

phew!, for a minute there i thought this was ANOTHER dole thread...wait a minute..............

Underdraft · 07-02-2012 03:44PM

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRA_IU13pee8K2u2ZDUPQahgVds8bwOwHT1wQR5MokVR3I0IP17mdugU3e2

mmmm, diacetylilicous.

micropig · 07-02-2012 03:44PM

Well I used to run Anglo Irish bank.............now I just play golf??

davet82 · 07-02-2012 03:46PM

MickySticks wrote: »

It's 2:45 pm OP why aren't you in work?

Took the day off mate

Leo Dowling · 07-02-2012 03:47PM

micropig wrote: »

Well I used to run Anglo Irish bank.............now I just play golf??

Here's a billion euro bonus anyways you cheeky scamp you.

MickySticks · 07-02-2012 03:47PM

davet82 wrote: »

Took the day off mate

Pffffttt, no wonder the country's fecked.

micropig · 07-02-2012 03:47PM

Leo Dowling wrote: »

Here's a billion euro bonus anyways you cheeky scamp you.

Why thanks and a billion for yourself sir:D

pwurple · 07-02-2012 03:47PM

There will always be people who are in between jobs for a few months.

There are also some people who are plain unemployable for various reasons.

Logical Fallacy · 07-02-2012 03:48PM

davet82 wrote: »

ok there is about 450,000 people unemployed people in the country now, in 2006 there were about 150,000 unemployed so would i be wrong in saying that there are about 300,000 people genuinely unemployed now? (no brainer)

so who were these 150,000 people when things were good? Are these the career scroungers we see people talking about in many posts on boards? I know no country has ever achieved nearly full employment as far as i'm aware, so lets say 2/3's of the were genuine between jobs that would still leave about 50 thousand people with no job. Is it possible we have 50k of career scroungers on our social protection bill? Or there is just never enough jobs for a country our size?

This is all abit what if, but how many people are taking the piss? Is it a small minority or is it the tens of thousands!!

Every possible iteration of a dole thread has been done.

Can we just start straight up pulling the piss in these threads from now on? It's the only way they might offer something good to AH.

Doc Ruby · 07-02-2012 03:48PM

davet82 wrote: »

s it a small minority or is it the tens of thousands!!

Tens of thousands is a small minority. Long term unemployment during the boom was around 1-2%, and that includes those on disability. The actual number of lazy wasters is vanishingly small I would say.

JustAddWater · 07-02-2012 03:48PM

davet82 wrote: »

MickySticks wrote: »

It's 2:45 pm OP why aren't you in work?

Took the day off mate

To calculate the number of dole scroungers!?

Bit much....

Cee-Jay-Cee · 07-02-2012 03:49PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight

Gonna
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight

Jello for Taoiseach! He'd soon clear up the mess!

micropig · 07-02-2012 03:51PM

JustAddWater wrote: »

To calculate the number of dole scroungers!?

Bit much....

It's ok, here's a billion for researching such an important issue and bringing it to AH:D

Just like the good old days!

Leo Dowling · 07-02-2012 03:58PM

I herd da ppl on da dole hav hooks 4 hands and eat chocol8 covered suasages.

c_man · 07-02-2012 04:00PM

How much money could we raise if we forced the 450,000 to each sell one kidney?

If that goes well then we can harvest the rest of their organs.

mikemac1 · 07-02-2012 04:05PM

If Dev could figure out to make money off dole threads the national debt would be sorted by now

Start a taxi driver thread please OP
We've not had one for a while

CamperMan · 07-02-2012 04:08PM

MickySticks wrote: »

It's 2:45 pm OP why aren't you in work?

he probably is in work misappropriating company time...:mad:

lastlaugh · 07-02-2012 04:18PM

davet82 wrote: »

ok there is about 450,000 people unemployed people in the country now, in 2006 there were about 150,000 unemployed so would i be wrong in saying that there are about 300,000 people genuinely unemployed now? (no brainer)

so who were these 150,000 people when things were good? Are these the career scroungers we see people talking about in many posts on boards? I know no country has ever achieved nearly full employment as far as i'm aware, so lets say 2/3's of the were genuine between jobs that would still leave about 50 thousand people with no job. Is it possible we have 50k of career scroungers on our social protection bill? Or there is just never enough jobs for a country our size?

This is all abit what if, but how many people are taking the piss? Is it a small minority or is it the tens of thousands!!

According to the latest figures I've just pulled from my arse, 64% of those 150,000 are Travellers and Eastern Europeans (mainly Roma) who claim fraudulently several times in different names so the actual number on the dole is a lot less and I blame Fianna Fail the shower of bastids they've ruined this country and did you mention the HouseHold charge? Yeah well don't because I am absolutely enraged over that aswell.

thebigbiffo · 07-02-2012 04:27PM

hard to believe i know - but there are dole scroungers out there alright. almost definitely. i think. ok it's possible. jaysus i dont know actually.

my head hurts.

Temptamperu · 07-02-2012 04:33PM

Its f**king ridiculous, im working five days a week and getting the dole but i can only afford one holiday this year.

Jesus Shaves · 07-02-2012 04:39PM

davet82 wrote: »

Took the day off mate

You taking the day off work means revenue will receive less taxes this month.
And you have the cheek to blame people like me who are scrounging on the dole!

Well i NEVER:mad:

whatsamsn · 07-02-2012 04:41PM

LastLaugh made a point :pac:

Because if the 2006 dole figures are correct. You have to consider the eastern euopeans, romanians, africans that were/are? scamming the welfare system (and no i am not a racist)

Sure with the ash clouds cancelling flights in 2010. The social welfare reported that 3,000+ people failed to sign in for that month. Obvious 'welfare tourists' as they call them.

Eric Cartman · 07-02-2012 05:33PM

the fact ireland has pubs open before lunchtime and our heroin problem proves that we have a lot of dole scroungers

stovelid · 07-02-2012 06:08PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

ireland has pubs open before lunchtime

For shift workers and tourists maybe?

50 thousand dole scroungers?

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