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I grew up in the 1930s with an unemployed father. He did not riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he went on looking until he found it.
If you want it, stop bleating about it and do something.
Dexter St. Clair wrote:I grew up in the 1930s with an unemployed father. He did not riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he went on looking until he found it.
Of course his dad had a bike and unfortunately for four million people he did not explain to his son the outcome of destroying organisations that represent workers or the consequences of free market economies operating in just the one country.If you want it, stop bleating about it and do something.
Looking forward to seeing you sell your pull yourself up by the bootstraps economIC theory on Richard and Judy.
crusty_bint wrote:No offence but it's a nonsense to think there are fewer routes out of poverty today or that folk from poorer backgrounds have less of a chance of lifting themselves out of it than they did at any other time. Simple fact of the matter is that if you want to succeed: you will. It isn't easy, well I haven't found it easy (in the sense that I sometimes feel il-equipped due to my social and economic background), but where there is a will...
AlanM wrote:Vlad - I don't think the people doing the un/low skilled jobs were the issue it was the ones who are totally dependant on state benefits and show no inclination to alter their situation - well why would they when they can be supplied with their daily needs without lifting a finger.
AlanM wrote:Vlad - I don't think the people doing the un/low skilled jobs were the issue it was the ones who are totally dependant on state benefits and show no inclination to alter their situation - well why would they when they can be supplied with their daily needs without lifting a finger.
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