Whats one of your unpopular opinions

What's the most unpopular opinion you hold?

As in, something a lot of people would completely disagree with you on (i.e. from "beatles sucks" to "the world would be better with Eugenics")

oh ya it'll have to be that i don't respect soldiers

I'm against all these benefits that the unemployed can get. Popular among some people, but people who are on benefits really hate me for that. I've always believed you should work for your money. That's what's gonna make the world go round.

I'm not totally against benefits for the unemployed; I understand some people cannot find themselves a job even though they're trying really hard. However I've always thought that if you refuse to work (despite being able to), you should only receive the minimum that you need. You should get a card which the government puts money on each week and you can go out and buy food with it. The card will not let you buy alcohol, cigarettes, a new TV or anything. No luxuries, just the things you need to survive.
If you want more, you should be made to go out and do a voluntary job in public service five days a week. Even if it's just watering the flowers around the city centre, you're still doing something so you deserve more.

I've always thought that would make a few more people think twice about choosing not to work so they can sit in all day and watch TV.

Did that make sense idk

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Originally Posted by Empired

I'm against all these benefits that the unemployed can get. Popular among some people, but people who are on benefits really hate me for that. I've always believed you should work for your money. That's what's gonna make the world go round.

I'm not totally against benefits for the unemployed; I understand some people cannot find themselves a job even though they're trying really hard. However I've always thought that if you refuse to work (despite being able to), you should only receive the minimum that you need. You should get a card which the government puts money on each week and you can go out and buy food with it. The card will not let you buy alcohol, cigarettes, a new TV or anything. No luxuries, just the things you need to survive.
If you want more, you should be made to go out and do a voluntary job in public service five days a week. Even if it's just watering the flowers around the city centre, you're still doing something so you deserve more.

I've always thought that would make a few more people think twice about choosing not to work so they can sit in all day and watch TV.

Did that make sense idk

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what about people with families to support that wouldn't get enough money to survive from a job if they come off benefits

i dont like when people make suggestions for social policy without a clear understanding of the universal implications. i guess that's unpopular. i dunno if i have any proper unpopular opinions. reading is fun. women are annoying. i dont care who comes into the uk.

lol charlie you don't have a clue what you're talking about but yes feel free to generalise a wide proportion of people. i wouldn't say that view is unpopular though.

That I don't support the NHS or state-run healthcare and believe the free market would provide a better system.

do u all hate poor people

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Originally Posted by buttons

do u all hate poor people

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Well, what do you think?

Do you think I support the free market in healthcare because I want poor people to suffer or because I think it'll provide a better system for them?

can u explain the free market then?

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Originally Posted by buttons

can u explain the free market then?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...l_of_economics

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Originally Posted by Wiki

A free market is a market system in which the prices for goods and services are set freely by consent between sellers and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority. A free market contrasts with a controlled market or regulated market, in which government intervenes in supply and demand through non-market methods such as laws creating barriers to market entry or directly setting prices. A free market economy is a market-based economy where prices for goods and services are set freely by the forces of supply and demand and are allowed to reach their point of equilibrium without intervention by government policy, and it typically entails support for highly competitive markets and private ownership of productive enterprises.

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Essentially capitalism.