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UK: Secretary Slams Slackers
If people are paid to do nothing, that's exactly what they'll do
By Jove, I think he's got it! Mebbe...
As new initiatives from our useless Government go, John Hutton's campaign to tackle economic inactivity and promote social mobility sounds better than most. This week Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said this country was blighted by at least 100,000 scroungers (my word, not his), who are locked into a culture of "can work, won't work".

He denounced the gimme-gimme-gimme attitude of some benefits claimants, and pointed out: "If we are to break the cycle of benefit dependency, we need to ask whether we should expect more from those who remain on [support] for long periods of time." Hutton concluded that, for those who reject programmes designed to increase their prospects of getting a job, "there should be consequences, including less benefit or no benefit at all".

Hey, John, you're in danger of making good sense. There's only one problem. Your party hasn't just wandered into power. You have been holding the reins for nearly a decade. How come it has taken so long for the penny to drop? More importantly, what are you going to do – yes, do – to reform the eternal layabout? Words count for nothing, unless you have the stomach to use a stick. Simply dishing out carrots is hopeless.
Posted by: .com 2006-12-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=175812