June 28, 2010

Basic welfare numbers

8.3m people are unemployed, on incapacity benefit, or economically idle - which is about 21.5% of the adult workforce. (That's from the mouth of Will Hutton, no right winger he.)

We can't afford this.

As it usually did, the last government ducked the problem. When this one takes a crack, remember it's a burden that has to be tackled.

1 comments:

Thomas said...

We can't afford this? What can we afford then? What does this system of government look like you wish we had.

"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."