Living wage

grizzly1911

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

Confucius he also say "But not half as crazy as paying people to have the second, third, fourth... or even the first".

But aren't they our future?;)

ILW

grizzly1911 wrote: »

But aren't they our future?;)

Apparently, that's what immigrants are for.

Running_Horse

I supported the minimum wage because of bad employers being subsidised by the benefits system (and good employers) to pay £1 or £2 an hour.

But why should someone improve their lot and acquire skills to earn £10 or £15 an hour, if the unskilled worker is paid the same for no extra effort?

Loughton_Monkey

grizzly1911 wrote: »

But aren't they our future?;)

Children are indeed our future. I was more than happy to 'pass up' on the opportunity to have any, thus allowing another couple to have 3 without increasing the population.

My main point is that the world's population (and that of this country) has grown massively over literally millions of years without government [i.e. public] money incentives. It is a rather perverse society that gives direct substantial financial assistance - targeted to those who can afford it the least - to incentivise unsustainable increases in population.

grizzly1911

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

Children are indeed our future. I was more than happy to 'pass up' on the opportunity to have any, thus allowing another couple to have 3 without increasing the population.

My main point is that the world's population (and that of this country) has grown massively over literally millions of years without government [i.e. public] money incentives. It is a rather perverse society that gives direct substantial financial assistance - targeted to those who can afford it the least - to incentivise unsustainable increases in population.

FWIW I totally agree.