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    „Müllsammeln ist meine Art, Vorteile zu verdienen“


    „Müllsammeln ist meine Art, Vorteile zu verdienen“

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0x229py8yo

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    9 Comments

    1. Historical_Tax6338 on

      Stuff like this is so sad. I’d employ this guy in a heartbeat if I could. There really needs to be more and better schemes to help people like him back into work. It’s not an easy problem to solve with the state and structure of the economy but it’s so important to give people a second chance in life.

    2. ApprehensiveKey1469 on

      Don’t be surprised if his benefits are cut because ” he is not looking for work when he is doing unpaid work”

    3. coffeewalnut05 on

      Call me stupid but why don’t we just pay people like this guy for cleaning up our streets? They’re receiving government money through benefits anyway, so where’s the remuneration for their work?

      Litter picking isn’t that easy, especially when you’re dealing with nooks and crannies, bushes, trees etc.

    4. Far_Being_8644 on

      What would be nice is if people who get unemployment had some sort of mandatory minimum work.

      Public beautification, litter picking, neighbourhood watch even.

      Of course this wouldn’t apply to like disabled people, oldies and younguns. but if you’re unemployed and not contributing imo you should be forced to work to earn your unemployment in some way. Maybe ten hours a week of working. It could be particularly helpful for the agriculture industry. And it would get moochers, not that all people on unemployment are moochers, most of them are not obviously, but there are a lotta people in this country who game the system.

      Thoughts?

    5. TurnLooseTheKitties on

      It’s very hard for the sick an disabled to find viable work for the sick and disabled are right down the bottom of the pile, yet the government is hell bent on forcing the sick and disabled back into work, for many of us to expect we are going to see an explosion in the number of homeless and potentially something else very few have seen on Britain’s streets, for no, work is not a cure for some forms of illness.

    6. AcademicIncrease8080 on

      Instead of paying people benefits to do nothing, maybe they should be conditional on doing some volunteering e.g. litter picking or local conservation projects such as tree planting. It seems crazy to have such a massive welfare bill (Universal Credit is £60 billion) and yet society gets absolutely nothing in return – maybe there should be more of an expectation that recipients contribute via some modest volunteering requirements each week, let’s say 10-15 hours a week (which would also weed out people who are doing undeclared cash in hand work while receiving welfare).

    7. CC_Chop on

      This is like the guy who starts working somewhere, skips his breaks and stays late for free, and gets the rest of his colleges worse conditions because his willingness to be a slave becomes expected of others.

    8. r3xomega on

      Good man. I appreciate someone who can pick themselves up and try to improve their lives. Even more so when they’re providing a public service.

    9. BigFloofRabbit on

      In Hungary, able-bodied and able-minded people on welfare are sent out in a high vis jacket filling potholes, trimming greenery and picking litter.

      All of these are services that the councils are really struggling to maintain here in the UK.

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