This of course fits the stereotype vigorously propagated by the government and the Tory tabloids that unemployed people are shirkers or benefit scroungers, but it is a gross misrepresentation of reality on several grounds. First, getting a job is mathematically impossible for all the unemployed when there are 2,500,000 people workless and only 400,000 vacancies. The vast majority of unemployed people are extremely keen to get work, but the jobs simply aren’t there.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:28:45 +0000