Gannicus wrote: » They are limited to ESSENTIALS. Food, clothes paying the ESB & Heating bills school books for kids. I left out internet access as the UN in their "infinite wisdom", deemed Wi-Fi as a basic human right.
Tarzana wrote: » can't take you seriously at all
Calina wrote: » You're obsessed with cleaning neighbour's yards for a fiver with a brush.
mphalo1 wrote: » the reason half the country have left to work abroad is because they are on the dole and can't sit around waiting for the economy to recover, the other half dont want to go this is their home and are entitled to stay its their land, let's not forget here the banks and corrupt governments brought this country down 99% of the people on the dole at present helped build it up during the Celtic tiger , just because you have managed to find or keep your job now doesn't mean your not ever going to lose it and when you do where will we see you standing inline at the dole hall or on the docks leaving (PS good luck with that when no one will buy your possessions and you have kids and a house in negative equity so you retrain with a class full of people doing the same thing and apply for the same job as hundred other people. people are not better off on the dole they have just got used to living tightly within their means with sod all disposable income and no way to save without serious sacrifices. the country will eventually recover and everyone will get job offers again hopefully soon and jealous assholes like you can no longer look down your nose at them anymore even tho the dole Q is full of highly trained people that could look down their nose at you!! its important to be nice to people on your way up as you might meet them on the way down , is my motto
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » I would say you're being wise on that score. IWF is really really young too (even though he seems about 70). Hasn't a clue about life.
Gannicus wrote: » They are limited to ESSENTIALS. Food, clothes paying the ESB & Heating bills school books for kids.
Calina wrote: » Frankly I could leave without cable television but internet is utterly essential in today's world, particularly if, as people in this thread have been suggesting, you want to use it for job hunting and watching educational videos from MIT.
Iwasfrozen wrote: » What age do you think I am?
anncoates wrote: » 15?
RayM wrote: » Around 19 or 20?
Iwasfrozen wrote: Does LTU have a brush in his house? If so why not go around to all of his neighbours and ask them if he can clean their yard for a fiver? He could earn enough money to go to Alphonsus's birthday party.
Shakespeare's Sister wrote: » Early 20s. Still in college, therefore next to zero life experience. I'm around Boards a long time and remember being amazed you were only a teenager as I had assumed you were an auld fella.
dark crystal wrote: » Iwasfrozen wrote: » Why should society give them anything when they don't benefit society? Your posts are full of such unfettered resentment towards your fellow human beings, I'm surprised you don't choke on your own bitterness...
Iwasfrozen wrote: » Why should society give them anything when they don't benefit society?
Tarzana wrote: » Yup, you made that clear. So, what to do with the excess. And the fact that human beings are social creatures. It doesn't even mean going to the pub. Visiting a friend, most people don't like to go with arms swinging. Would a person be allowed to buy a packet of biscuits with their card to bring over to get some much needed human interaction? Or to provide some refreshments whilst having people to visit? How would this card work? Would a person be in a supermarket, try to pay for something that is deemed non-essential, no matter how small the item, and have their card refused or have to put the item back. How lovely. Seriously, flesh this out a bit more.
woodoo wrote: I can't understand why they don't start to reduce it significantly after a few years. Even after 3 -5 years under present circumstances. If it reduces after a time it keeps people from getting comfortable on it.
mphalo1 wrote: » like getting comfortable on a bed of nails , what they need to do is let people that get the odd days work keep the extra few Bob and not deduct 50% of their wages from their dole it ruins incentive . eg. Steve goes to work for 8 hours with an hour and a half drive to get to work. he informs social he earned 80yoyos for his work . cool they deduct him 40 yoyos from his dole a week later plus it was 20yoyos for petrol and we won't even get into the wear on his tools/car whatever, so Steve earned if he was lucky and didn't break anything 20yoyos for 8 hours work ( that's the problem here punished for getting off your ass and not helped just straight away yoink we,ll take that now get back where you started
Gannicus wrote: » Theere is plenty you can do for free sit in a park, walk the beach, cycle your bike, go for a jog. In fact all this free stuff is much healthier than smoking and drinking too so this wuld even stand to benefit our already overstretched HSE.
Turtwig wrote: » How does one get to the park? Where does the bike come from? (Steal it?)
Turtwig wrote: » Where does the equipment for jogging come from.
Turtwig wrote: » More to the point, the HSE don't want people jogging or cycling without appropriate equipment and common sense/ training. Which let's face it, not everyone has.
mphalo1 wrote: » this is getting stupid now
