How much longer will the people of this country vote in this
system of greed and corruption, that works against their interests,
how long will it be until they all realise that this is not a
democracy, never has been, and under the present system, never can
be. We cannot tolerate any longer, a system where by the poor are
forced to work for nothing to enrich the profits of large wealthy
companies. This, Workfare/Traineeship/Work Experience con, is not a little
temporary fix, this is the template for the future, this is the
pattern they want to be the accepted route for the next generation.
The kids will leave school and be conned into thinking that this is
the norm, a crap eduction, then work for nothing, swelling the bank
accounts of rich shareholders, with the carrot held out in front of
you, that if you humiliate yourself sufficiently for long enough, you
might be one of the privileged that get a paid job at the end of it
all. How wonderfully gracious of your employer to actually pay you.
We as a class cannot accept that our kids are here to be
forced into slave labour at the dictate of a bunch of millionaires,
whose only interest is in the profitability of their shares. We are
responsible for the dignity and well being of our kids and grand
kids. Standing by and watching them being humiliated and abused by
corporations is not acceptable under any circumstances. Nobody in this country voted
to bring back slavery, but it has already got its foot well and truly
in the door.
There are so many avenues being used by this government of
boardroom directors to attack our living conditions, all of them help
big business. The slashing of social services and benefits is
necessary to allow them to reduce the taxes that their corporate
friends pay, if and when they pay at all. The bedroom tax, ATOS
attack on disability allowance, and Workfare/Work
Experience/Traineeships are all part of this business friendly
agenda. Do we want a society that has only one aim, to enrich the
corporate world at the expense of the people? As long as we keep
putting rich millionaire business people in charge of our lives we
will get screwed. Their businesses come well before your kids, you
would be an idiot if you expected them to do otherwise. Can you not hear Osborne's speech to the Employers Federation, "I have a dream, one day all the workers will come to your businesses for nothing, and we will realise that paradise of sweatshop Europe"
If we want a decent life for all we have to get rid of this
festering cancer of capitalism. We shouldn't be organising to ask for
some more crumbs from the cake, which we made, or please don't squeeze us so hard.
We should be organising to take over the entire running of all
aspects of our society, all manufacturing and distribution at the
dictate of the people's needs, not driven by the greed of a handful
of overtly rich useless parasitic leeches.
Osborne will force all those out of work for six months and between the ages of 18 and 21 into Traineeships or Work Experience. Those who refuse will be sent on a Community Work Placement – 780 hours unpaid work – or face losing benefits completely. This is a huge turn around for a Government that in early 2012 were falling over themselves trying to persuade people that unpaid Work Experience – for major employers such as ASDA and Poundland – was voluntary.Osborne’s speech yesterday made a laughing stock of companies like Tesco and charities like Barnardo’s who have insisted that Work Experience schemes are not workfare. Even if you bought that, they are now, or will be as soon as Osborne gets his way.
