Young people should pay back benefits when they find a job, says Tory group

[Jazzy]

Some Conservatives MPs have suggested Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) should be paid as a loan to those who haven’t been contributing taxes for long.

This means younger people who claim benefits would have to pay the money back once they found a job.

Tory junior ministerial aide Kwasi Kwarteng, who makes the suggestion in a book, thinks it would offer an incentive to find work because claimants would not want their debt to accumulate.

‘Strains on the welfare state are often blamed on benefits being too generous, but the truth is that welfare is so expensive – over £90bn for working-age benefits alone – because too many people are eligible,’ he wrote in ‘A Time For Choosing: Free Enterprise in Twenty-First Century Britain’.

Mr Kwarteng added those who had paid taxes for longer would get a fairer benefits deal under the new proposals, although he didn’t specify how.

‘In fact, JSA – the main out-of-work benefit – is fairly stingy for those who have contributed to the tax system for years and find themselves out of work for the first time,’ he said.

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Thoughts regarding the pay back when they find a job?

 

[Sinon]

I certainly wouldn't call the current benefits system generous at all. When I lost my job and had to sign on for JSA in order to live, I wound up getting approx. £110 per 2 weeks; £55 a week. Out of this I had to buy food for myself, clothing, travel expenses, rent. I also had to attend interviews set up by them, regardless of location, out of my own pocket. So if they decided to send me three cities over, I had to rock up on my own dime, or lose my money entirely.

Additionally, the stringent requirements they operate under are punishing to the extreme. You're made to apply for a certain number of jobs per week. One time, I missed my quota by one (because I steadfastly refuse to apply to jobs outside of my operational area, i.e. I wouldn't apply for jobs based in London). They stopped my benefits for an entire month.

The main issue with why the benefits system has to pay out so much is because they do stupid shit like paying for the Somalian family who don't speak English, living in a mansion.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Sounds damn good to me. Even better would be to not have government provide any at all.

 

[beowulf]

bunch of tory idiots

benefits are definataly not generous

i worked for 25 years straight paying into the system til i found my self unemployed due to the recession......i actually saw it as being entitled to getting something back!!

all right for these rich tory wankers....none of them even know what its like to struggle