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Tackling Welfare
I think it's good that we have benefits in place for people who do honestly need them and that single parents with young children have the chance to bring up thier children in the home. I do however think that once they are at a school age that these parents should be in at least part time work. There are too many people milking the system, I have heard of a few people who go off to the docters and say oh my back I cant possibly work, next thing thier on the benefit and playing rugby and drinking at the pub! The system needs to be reviewed so that it can weed out the ones that shouldnt be on it. As far as the dole, yes it is hard to find a job, but if people are sitting on the couch they are getting way too comfortable there and dont want to look for a job after awhile or they lose all self worth and get depressed and end up changing to the sickness benefit. What I beleive should be in place is as well as have the job search which you have to do there should also be 2-3 days out of the week where you have to do volunteer work for the community or for the council. Eg, cleaning up parks, planting, picking up rubbish along the roads/beaches. Or even helping the elderly like doing thier lawns. It would keep these people work fit and give them purpose, it may even help give them options for future employment or ideas for something to study in to get better qualifications.
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