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Why won’t Brits pick vegetables for £30 an hour?
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<blockquote data-quote="SteveHants" data-source="post: 7801677" data-attributes="member: 3380"><p>I have a slightly unusual perspective compared to some on here.</p><p>I'm from Salford (the greater Manchester one, not the one in the Cotswolds). My grandparents knew poverty unlike most these days have never seen and I've seen modern urban poverty through visiting relatives etc. We moved to Hampshire when I was just about secondary school age, but to a big village with three council estates. I've seen rural poverty too and appreciate the differences (transport to work is a massive one rurally).</p><p></p><p>I challenge anyone to live on the dole for any length of time. But, this thread is not about that, it's about in work poverty - something that is rising continually. When will the victim blaming stop? How many people have to be unable to feed themselves whilst in full time work before we realise that we are moving closer towards the conditions at the turn of the last century and all of the social ills that entailed?</p><p></p><p>What next? Bring back the workhouse?</p><p></p><p>All the social progress my grandfather's generation fought for after beating the Nazis disappearing year on year....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveHants, post: 7801677, member: 3380"] I have a slightly unusual perspective compared to some on here. I'm from Salford (the greater Manchester one, not the one in the Cotswolds). My grandparents knew poverty unlike most these days have never seen and I've seen modern urban poverty through visiting relatives etc. We moved to Hampshire when I was just about secondary school age, but to a big village with three council estates. I've seen rural poverty too and appreciate the differences (transport to work is a massive one rurally). I challenge anyone to live on the dole for any length of time. But, this thread is not about that, it's about in work poverty - something that is rising continually. When will the victim blaming stop? How many people have to be unable to feed themselves whilst in full time work before we realise that we are moving closer towards the conditions at the turn of the last century and all of the social ills that entailed? What next? Bring back the workhouse? All the social progress my grandfather's generation fought for after beating the Nazis disappearing year on year.... [/QUOTE]
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