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   Feart n Tired ??????? (feartntired@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 02:52:12 JST Feart n Tired ???????
   there's a steady 1-3% of sociopaths in UK.
   
   https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2023/08/02/what-should-living-standards-look-people-benefits-
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 02:52:11 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @GrumpyOldNurse @FeartnTired I often wonder if stuff like this is for real or is it people too stupid to fully understand the questions asked and cock up their replies, if it isn’t then bloody hell.

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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 02:52:11 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     @HebrideanHecate @GrumpyOldNurse @FeartnTired Well, stupid is always a possibility, but I know that every time there is talk of raising the minimum wage there are screams of 'what about small businesses?????' Well, if your business can only stay afloat by underpaying your employees, maybe you shouldn't be in business.
     
     We sure found out during lockdown which employees kept things running. It wasn't the top bosses manning the tills at the grocery store.
     Seahorses are horses likes this.
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     Feart n Tired ??????? (feartntired@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 02:52:12 JST Feart n Tired ???????

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     this is wild. 9% of those polled think you should not be able to afford to rent a flat or house on minimum wage.
     
     where do they think the people on minimum wage are supposed to live. By not earning enough to live on they end up having their wage supplemented by the state. eg Housing Benefit - now wrapped up into Universal Credit. What the idiots in the tabloids and those buying the bloody tabloids and the 9% in this poll think is that the person on minimum wage is receiving something extra.
     
     They aren't.
     
     Their employer is. The company they work for is the one receiving the subsidy. which particularly in the case of Housing Benefit is going to straight to the landlord. if they move somewhere cheaper, they don't get any more money to spend - the state saves a bit. The employer still gets that person's labour for LESS THAN THEY NEED TO LIVE ON. which means the minimum is set in the wrong place.
     
     I do wish it would be seen for what it is - wage subsidies.
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     Matron of the ninth circle (grumpyoldnurse@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 02:52:12 JST Matron of the ninth circle

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     @FeartnTired Maybe they think people on minimum wage should live in a shed behind their master's house? IDK. People are mean and stupid.