Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
yes, and in my opinion the minimum wage should be enough to live off without any additional benefits.

As it is we have ended up in a situation that businesses pay so little that the poorest have to rely on handouts from the government and charities in order to survive, and those at the top have bigger and bigger pay.

Why do we allow this?
You can work your guts out in a full time job in this country and still struggle to make ends meet
Why would you pick and stay in a job like that?

There is google these days, type in what jobs pay what, and try not to pick one that pays minimum wage?

Train drivers and Lorry drivers pay quite a bit, aim for something like that as a mininum if you're educated consider alternatives, there are plenty of well paid jobs and plenty of badly paid jobs ?