@witchesglove
What’s to stop them studying/ gaining promotion/ building up a business?
Because there’s only so much work to go around, because they are UNLUCKY In lacking academic ability, UNLUCKY in being sick or disabled but still able to work at nmw level, UNLUCKY in not having access to a good school that would have educated them well enough to get to college/uni, UNLUCKY in not having a stable, supportive and healthy (emotionally and physically), UNLUCKY in that they’ve suffered a trauma that means they can only cope with certain working conditions, UNLUCKY that where they were born and are now living doesn’t have good employment opportunities, UNLUCKY that they don’t have the capital to move to where there are better job opportunities... do we really need to go on?
Be grateful that you live in a country where we have free, fail-safe contraception! except we don’t! Not totally! For starters NO contraceptive is “fail safe” I fell pregnant the 1st time at 18 on the pill, no contraindicating factors (I was paranoid I had my Casio watch alarm set for it!), sadly I mc though on paper it was perhaps for the best it didn’t bloody feel like it! I’ve friends and family who’ve fallen pregnant on the implant, injection, coil, even after vasectomy all clear! (and yes it was his child!), free at point of obtaining maybe, but with the cuts sexual health clinics are many miles away for large swathes of the population, gps and pharmacists are allowed to refuse to supply prescriptions or fill prescriptions on their PERSONAL moral or religious objections, that’s if you can get an appointment at the moment which for many is proving extremely difficult. I was on a thread about this the other week and several posters were needing implants etc updated, so we’re likely to see a small “baby boom” as a result of this alone! Abstinence? Fine if you actually get a choice! Many women are in abusive relationships where they’re being raped, plus other rape victims.
I don't think many people realise just how weighted against people the system is
Yep - I’ve explained on here before to those oblivious, that a temp job can actually cost a benefits claimant significantly and seriously disadvantage them. Take the job, takes several weeks for the new benefits level to be instituted meanwhile the claimant isn’t receiving any benefits buy still needs transport to work, possibly work clothes etc, Job ends, not wage, no benefits while they’re “reassessed” fuck all income!
The uc system was SUPPOSED to be more flexible, more adaptive - hah! Even in a regular job if you get 2 salaries in 1 uc “month” you’re fucked!
1) We can just invite immigrants to do them lovely attitude! Not at all bigoted!
2) You don’t need to be ‘intelligent’ to improve yourself- some degrees are a load of bollocks and anyone can get into uni. that’s utter nonsense and you know it!! I’ve 2 degrees, one “vocational” and 1 “academic” both had loads of applicants who were not successful at getting on the course and not just because of numbers, both had a significant number of students “drop out” in the first term because they couldn’t keep up with the work
3) Why would you need money to work hard and eventually gain promotion? at a BASIC level to nourish yourself to physically be able to work lots/well, to afford childcare, transport, to work antisocial hours, to go on training courses...
4) Apprenticeships are available at no cost these are few and far between, highly sought after and not everyone meets the criteria which can and often does include a requirement to have maths and English at gcse grade c level which not everyone can achieve eg if they have a learning disability
Are there no free back to education courses in the U.K.?? generally speaking no, is the short answer, slightly better here in Scotland as different education system but as far as I can tell not in england