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Boris wants your children

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Sparrowp · 29/08/2012 15:16

Boris wants your children for the gulags.

He wants to punish teach them skills of rock-breaking and oakum picking!

Bring your children to build the great nation!

Even if they have studied hard at school, achieved their expensive degree, and volunteer ten times a day, they must not expect payment until they get experience are working get paid.

At the press conference, Boris, with one arm oddly twisted behind his back, confirmed that it was a tough job market, and employers were crying out for prisoners free labour something for nothing work experience.

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Tortington · 30/08/2012 18:07

tbh boris can have the children - they are over rated

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 30/08/2012 18:29

If done properly its a good idea. If it leads to jobs for these young people then its a good idea. If it means that community projects can run its a good idea. yes if it is enabling community projects and non profit making charities to run better when they cannot afford paid staff. But NOT if the person is helping create a profit for a big company, it's immoral. volunteers should not be doing jobs that should be paid, that is why we have the minimum wage. benefits are for those unable to find paid work, yes encouraging proper volunteer opportunities gives lots of benefit to a volunteer and can lead to paid work but the work experience cheap labour in a big company is wrong.

Sparrowp · 30/08/2012 19:36

Custardo - don't worry, its not just the children, you can do it too.

If you become disabled, unemployed, or just work part time, you too could be stacking shelves for free. for ASDA.

Just imagine, your whole family could be stacking shelves at ASDA for no pay, and then you can all go to the food bank for unhealthy food and scurvy.

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Sparrowp · 30/08/2012 19:40

Or you could all be doing community service projects like um.. collecting the bins, even if you are all honest, non-criminal, hardworking people, and then go to the foodbank for meagre rations.

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