JW> Geez you lot.  Thanks for making me and all the
JW> other honestly unemployed people feel bloody guilty.

RS> Good, you should. What its about is you making some decent provision
RS> for the inevitable times when you wont be employed, saving some money
RS> so you dont need to just stick your snout into the trough when the
RS> inevitable happens, your current job stops. Why does it make the
RS> slightest sense for you to spend it all while you are working, and
RS> then expect US to support you when you aint currently working ?

KR> if it is *inevitable* then it will happen to everybody so everybody will
KR> contribute while they work, and benefit when they dont. seems quite fair.

Or you can consider that pumping that money thru the public service doesnt
actually make the slightest sense, and that making provision YOURSELF for
the inevitable times between jobs makes a HELL of a lot more sense. Because
pumping it thru the public service sees quite a bit lost in transit. No thanks.
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