Posts by BenWilson
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to Simon Grigg,
it's a matter of concern both politically and simply because this nation is devoted to the guy in a way we can't imagine - and that a delay was always inevitable
Also, his likely successor sounds like a right tool. The big problem with monarchy, always has been.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Idiot Savant,
Scarily, one effect of the policy may well be to force the latter back into the clutches of their abusers. But that would probably be regarded as a success, as it would reduce benefit numbers.
Yup, especially if, like one such beneficiary I recall from my youth, the parents insist she drop out of school and marry, like all good Jehovah's Witness girls should, at the minimum possible age. She'd be avoiding an expensive education on the state's purse.
Thanks to welfare, she's now a brilliant doctor, and has paid for her education and welfare many times over. More importantly, she escaped the cult and was able to choose what to do with her life.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Gareth Ward,
Yes but you realize I'm referring to a youth minimum wage yeah?
No, I missed that, sorry. I think I get your argument now. That the youth minimum wage should be topped up to the adult minimum wage? That's not such a bad idea.
-ve seems to be that adults who are on or near the minimum wage would still be outcompeted by kids who can be paid less by the employer. I guess it's good to get work for kids, but I'm not so sure if it's good to do that by taking it away from minimum wage adults. But, as you say, that's how it is now anyway, except that kids get less money.
+ve would be more money for kids. Except, perhaps, the kids of the adults who lost their jobs.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Gareth Ward,
You suggested a subsidy for work, which is not the same as a minimum wage at all. It could mean youths getting paid a minimum wage, but it means that the employer is really paying less than a minimum wage and the government foots the bill for the difference. That makes the business the actual beneficiary, the youth is still on minimum wage. I can't see what's good about it, really - give the benefit to the kids instead, and let them find a job with someone who actually knows how to manage a business that can cover its own costs.
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Mail me some details Graeme or just send me your address and we can arrange to talk.
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Hard News: Is that it?, in reply to Gareth Ward,
I was considering the youth minimum wage arguments the other day and thought why don't we run a Govt job subsidy program that effectively provides employers with cheaper youth employment but allows the yoof to receive regular minimum wage in total? Horribly costly perhaps?
Not sure about that. It does encourage businesses to set up and run profitably without even being able to pay the minimum wage. They become the actual beneficiaries, and the youths have to do all the work. People who are not youths would simply not be hired at all, so it would put huge downwards pressure on wages.
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I wish we had more yoof actually commenting on PAS to tell of their experiences.
The only one I'm in frequent contact with broke his back in a motorcycle crash on the weekend and is likely to be on a benefit for up to a year, just on health issues alone. He's almost completely irresponsible, financially and socially. It would be extremely easy to judge him, if I didn't know the back-story. Suffice to say that he is modelling some extraordinarily irresponsible behaviour that affected him and a lot of other people, and went (to his eyes) unpunished.
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Legal Beagle: Crowdsourcing the referendum, in reply to Russell Brown,
I will bust out big bags of beans from Eden Coffee for all Graeme’s helpers.
It's the only payment I would accept for such a righteous cause.
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Legal Beagle: Crowdsourcing the referendum, in reply to Ray Gilbert,
The weather forecast suggested it, but it still seems hard to believe. Until I stepped outside this morning.
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I'm happy to lend a hand, Graeme. Let me know what's required, I'll tell you if I can work out how to do it.
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