XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: jenningsltd@fastmail.fm 
  
 On 14/07/2019 00:10, Fredxx wrote: 
  
 [ ... ] 
  
 > If we have a benefit system that discourages work, then so be it. The 
 > pension is perhaps the best example. Means testing is the next worst 
 > method of discouraging work. 
 > 
 > Only an idiot would clean toilets for peanuts if they could stay at home 
 > for the same money. Only an idiot who can't see further than the length 
 > of their arm would suggest otherwise. 
  
 For anyone whose best bet for earning money is cleaning toilets, 
 out-of-work benefits have to be set at a rate LOWER then the wages for 
 cleaning toilets. 
  
 Now come on... that's not difficult. 
  
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