Disabled people 'should work for less', says MP
Written by Matt B · first published 18/06/2011
I think some one is suffering from foot in mouth disease here.
Disabled people 'should work for less', says MP - Channel 4 News
Why not go further and say that single parents, ethnic minorities, chavs, punks, goths, LGBT people, men, women, feminists, socialists, long term unemployed, teenagers, those without degrees and Sandy Ezekiel should all work for as little as possible because that will really help the job market...
It might sound like a good idea to undercut others to get a job but what you do is allow market forces to expect everyone to work for that rate and in Thanet that would mean working for about 97p an hour. Cheap labour gets little respect.
A Conservative MP comes under fire for suggesting that people with mental health disabilities should be allowed to work for less than the minimum wage so that they can compete for jobs.
Why not go further and say that single parents, ethnic minorities, chavs, punks, goths, LGBT people, men, women, feminists, socialists, long term unemployed, teenagers, those without degrees and Sandy Ezekiel should all work for as little as possible because that will really help the job market...
It might sound like a good idea to undercut others to get a job but what you do is allow market forces to expect everyone to work for that rate and in Thanet that would mean working for about 97p an hour. Cheap labour gets little respect.
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