Have to agree with you there Welfarite, I was cracking up when I was unemployed, I didnt claim any benifits but I thought I was gonna go mad.
.... the benefits you currently receive are entitlements not handouts.
There is something not right with the "system" when someone is considering turning down a 25k pa job because they think they will be less well off.
However they become handouts once you actively decide to reject work and go on social welfare.
So, in the other hand, taking a very boring unchallenging job, seeing/talking to nobody all day is also not good for the mind, probably worse than currently and even worse if there is no financial gain.
you say that yourself and your wife are unemployed and get €391 per week - is this for both of you? If it is, then if your wife takes the job for €25k (€461pw), you will be better off to the tune of €70pw?
Because my wife is getting €461 per week, i don't think i will be entitled to anything from JA. So, effectively, the house income drops to just €461 pw.
Correct they are entitlements once you are looking for work or when no work exists.
However they become handouts once you actively decide to reject work and go on social welfare.
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