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Are benefits still too generous in the UK?

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Original post by Personinsertname

You might call me a communist or socialist but i think everyody should receive just enough to live based on a standadized cost of everything calculating the flunctuations of prices. Then you add jobs which will give out alot less money but still relative to effort popularity and money made (obviously). The standadized benefits should only cover 90% of living costs though so jobs can be effective in promoting effort or total output (work ) done. This should be also calculated and sport as well as desk jobs should be counted equally but based on what they bring to economies.

There are many flaws in this but making the money earned alot less can help improve efficency as bigs numbers can introduce inflation. The benefits may be considered a different currency just by providing the basic rights.

Where would the money come from if you gave the same amount to everyone?

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Personinsertname

Original post by OU Student

Where would the money come from if you gave the same amount to everyone?

In that one world the rules would be global and it would merely have no value. Money technically has no value besides the gold its worth(worth is nothing).

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Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by OU Student

Where would the money come from if you gave the same amount to everyone?

There are a number of areas where something along these lines has been implemented and worked

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/08/citizens-income-71-week-person-would-make-britain-fairer explains some of the costings and benefits/problems (and case studies)

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WokSz

Foreigners should not be allowed to claim benefits until they have contributed to the system for a pre-defined period of time. Citizens should only be allowed to claim benefits if they are unable to work due to medical conditions, for example.

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Llamageddon

£50 a week? I spend more than that on breakfast

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username1148663

Original post by Llamageddon

£50 a week? I spend more than that on breakfast

I spent half of that on some nice olives and nuts yesterday from a market trader it's sod all

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Tiger Rag

Original post by Llamageddon

£50 a week? I spend more than that on breakfast

Are you Iain Duncan Smith?

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Bill_Gates

Original post by Llamageddon

£50 a week? I spend more than that on breakfast

Original post by paul514

I spent half of that on some nice olives and nuts yesterday from a market trader it's sod all

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How much savings and assets do you have?

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username457532

Original post by OU Student

Are you Iain Duncan Smith?

That was EXACTLY what I thought.

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username1148663

Original post by Bill_Gates

How much savings and assets do you have?

A normal amount for a none tramp

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Bill_Gates

Original post by paul514

A normal amount for a none tramp

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why spend so much on olives and nuts!? :tongue:

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Llamageddon

Original post by Bill_Gates

How much savings and assets do you have?

dunno. I have a lot of money tied up in things I can't really access and I don't really keep a tab on shares or look at my ISA / read stuff from banks unless they're saying I need to pay them money.

Just saying £50 is pitiful it's not like these people are living the high life. My weekly expenditure is a lot more than that.