Lazy Jobseekers to lose benefits for three years.

I already know of one person who had his benefits stopped (although not for three years but for one month) because he was not doing enough to look for work. The man in question did not fail to attend any of his appointments, but believed that it was pointless looking for jobs that were not there, and failed to fill-in his job application tracker with jobs he applied for.

You only spend three days per week looking for a job? What are you doing for the other four days on the taxpayers' dime?

http://money.aol.co.uk/2012/07/03/lazy-jobseekers-may-lose-benefits-for-three-years/

This will be open to abuse.

I already know of one person who had his benefits stopped (although not for three years but for one month) because he was not doing enough to look for work. The man in question did not fail to attend any of his appointments, but believed that it was pointless looking for jobs that were not there, and failed to fill-in his job application tracker with jobs he applied for.

Yesterday my right-wing A4E advisor sternly warned me that the rate at which I was applying for jobs has decreased over the months and said I must try harder or face sanctions. I spend 3 days per week at that place looking for jobs and applying for them. And talking about politics is off the cards.

In my view, right wing Tories seem to be kicking the wrong people. Unemployed people are already having a tough time, and these Tories would prefer to see them shackled to a rock and whipped if they don't do as they are told.

I think that if you cannot find a job after a certain amount of time (say 6 months but I have idea how long it takes to find jobs so don't attack me for that) then the government sohuld make you do unpleasant work like litter picking and sweeping roads for a certain amount of time per week. You would not get paid for this as you have benifits comming in and it would act as a deternt to staying on benifits so you are more liekly to go looks for better jobs, while doing something moderately usefull at the same time. Naturally you should have plenty of spare time to look for jobs and live a bit as well.

People can't help not being able to find a job when there are no jobs going, why should they have to do "unpleasant" work because the government's actions have caused a lack of jobs?

Some people have suggested that people on benefits do these unpleasant jobs, 9-5 six days a week and not get any extra money - just for their benefits. If we say that people on JSA get £60 a week, I think that's the equivalent of them earning £1.25 an hour - on what planet is that ethical?

JSA is not there for you to find your perfect job.

That sounds heavenly - wish I could get paid to read or walk about...
Even though three days is more than required, do you not feel bad not contributing to society or finding a way to, while receiving money for those four days of leisure as well? I know that if I didn't have a job and wasn't studying, I'd see benefits as a priviledge and would search for a job every day - only when I'm earning money myself would I take time out to have breaks for fun.

It's still more money than I get for free, which is nothing. Although I have nothing against jobseekers getting that money - just that if they get ANY free money, they should do as much as they can to escape needing it.

I'm currently in full-time edcation, but when I start looking for a job, I wouldn't spend more than 50% of my time not looking for a job.

So he did in fact refuse to look for work?

I don't get it. I just graduated and am treating finding what to do next as a full time job in itself, while being paid nothing by the taxpayer.