Norah
Barmeyoldbat Tory cry of work more hours if you can’t manage
I don't understand why able workers are not working more hours or getting a second job. Pity sake, why not?
There are myriad reasons why people might not work more hours or get a second job. One size, does not, nor ever has, fit all.
I don't need to enumerate the reasons however it should be pointed out that if you have dependent children it is not easy to just add a few more hours to your working day / week due to the fact that (a) it is not always possible to find someone to look after your children and (b) if you don't have family who can take on the responsibility you have to pay for someone to do it - which for some is unaffordable. The same applies to getting a second job. That's the reality for families.
Whilst huge profits are being made alongside the energy price hike, I find it quite abhorrent that those who are working are being told to work even harder and longer, when there are other options that a government can take.
The rest of Europe has taken steps to mitigate the cost-of-living crisis, particularly in regard to the global energy price increase. The UK wants to protect profits, give more money to the already well-off, cut public spending (again), and the low-paid to work longer and harder... taking on more low-paid work. The impoverished have had years of Austerity, stagnating wages, the pandemic, lockdowns and now the cost-of-living crisis, to contend with and, as usual, are going to bear the brunt of it all.
Why do we always encourage the well-off workers with tax cuts, but tell the poorly paid to just work harder?
