tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437060028035186256.post8611583089432205933..comments2023-03-30T10:09:16.827+01:00Comments on crapaudpinion: It's good, it's bad, it's good, it's badcrapaudmatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08692668436150329927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437060028035186256.post-19312888193522485912012-10-25T12:39:03.849+01:002012-10-25T12:39:03.849+01:00It's back to the good spin again - Jersey unem...It's back to the good spin again - Jersey unemployment figures 'lowest level since December'<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-20070004<br /><br />But the BBC TV news reporter did add at the end of the item that the situation is worse than from a year ago - year-on-year!<br /><br />What is more important, the ups and downs fluctuations throughout the year, or the longterm trend?! Isn't is obvious?!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437060028035186256.post-11955248282828962002012-10-05T18:44:30.930+01:002012-10-05T18:44:30.930+01:00Great rant Crapaudpinion! You accurately nailed th...Great rant Crapaudpinion! You accurately nailed the situation re SS and income support, which desperately needs a massive rethink. <br /><br />For a start, they should remove the lower threshold limit (£796 a month). This threshold system has caused endless misery over many decades to the poorly or irregularly paid. A flat percentage of wages would be massively fairer.<br /><br />As this would cause a drop in SS revenues, they should significantly raise the ceiling contribution (£3778 per month) or abolish it entirely so that everyone pays the same percentage. <br /><br />Fairly recently SS added another 2% for people who earn between £3778 and £12,500(!) a month, but anyone who earns over £150,000 a year - such as many lawyers and similar - again pay less proportionately than most others.Damoclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437060028035186256.post-78547389365284660982012-10-05T17:40:31.267+01:002012-10-05T17:40:31.267+01:00welcome back, we've missed you:)welcome back, we've missed you:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437060028035186256.post-20085703737788108892012-10-05T12:43:30.018+01:002012-10-05T12:43:30.018+01:00I am reminded of watching a documentary on televis...I am reminded of watching a documentary on television a couple of years ago about the Black Death. Apart from the horrific deaths the victims went through, what also horrified me was the attitude of the UK gentry and those in what would be classed as the establishment.<br /><br />It was not only until these refined gentle folk started to find it difficult to replace staff who had died that serious actions were undertaken to halt the plague.<br /><br />One is inclined to think that not too much has changed in certain attitudes today.<br /><br />The Beano is not the RagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com