Unemployment – Grandiose of delusion
Lets talk about unemployment, almost every single person going to experience at some point. Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. Far from being lazy these people want to work certain mainstream media out paint them as benefit scroungers. Debate has become rather nasty along with toxic with solutions being harsher on claimants to find work. Most benefit spending is on pensioners designed to support people. Demonetize easy to forget you’re dealing with people just normal people who want to work. Certain media outlets view the unemployed as too lazy to work, should pensioners not come under that same brush?
Pensioners should come under benefit scroungers far more over the unemployed. Incomes have risen more take more out of the system than put in due to the tax system have loads of wealth on average. Sure that hit a nerve but you start to understand just how insane current debate sounds. End of the day so called benefit scroungers are just people and should be treated like people not demonetized. Debate has become rather nasty along with toxic with solutions forgetting you’re dealing with people. Economy is made up of people who are largely irrational, inefficiency is common place within economy or markets period. Unemployment result of one or two inefficient elements of the economy. Welfare system was designed to help support people along with being tool to help support demand against demand shocks. Demand shocks simply recession or decline in demand.
Much talk about the populist policies on the political spectrum.
Focus has been mainly on left saying from mainstream media saying opposition to plans is madness. Evidence shows policy like benefit sanctions does not work, Government was immediate in starting the program. Department for Work and Pensions even created the evidence yet did policy which does the opposite. Populist policies influence is alive from every corner of the political spectrum. Focus has been only on the opposition with coverage failing to disclose or even inspect policy from the government. Journalism has failed in there duty to report, this could be due to business choices or bubble nature of the media. Populist policies influence has gone unchecked within government even without winning seats. Establishment has been seized by populist thinking is largely unaware this due to intellectual stagnation. Convinced they know more about the evidence which is wrong.
Westminster bubble has not helped failing to understand voters. Centre ground is now sounding populist doing some niche populist polices with whatever ideology color making core argument.
Impact results in certain solutions unable to enter the debate, limiting policy responses by choice. Seek an expert who agrees with you over seeking range of views and evidence. Quickly taking action in order to look better instead of doing the better unpopular option.
In economic terms
Can be caused by the choice of somebody to seek work which suits them over jumping into any job. Other causes like lack of employment options or suitable ones or location or travel. Choice is not an easy one to make for many people damage is done to potential earnings and career options. Mental health can suffer with it being soul destroying not hearing back when seeking work. Many people give up as a result often causing social issues which cost more to clean up. Society getting older the problem of unemployment becomes far bigger issue you want as many people working as possible. Certain groups which should be excluded from unemployment numbers which is why the definition describe it as actively seeking work.
Negative impact policies can do far more damage over good. All in the name of being common sense convinced populist policy which goes against the evidence. UK government currently runs one program for the unemployed which goes against all the evidence. Benefit sanctions program design of the program is questionable at best. Idea is that benefits should be support net you should active seek to better your self so unemployed you should find work, however required to turn up at the job centre at certain time prove you’re looking for work and applied for said work. Penalty can be anything from reduced amount of income to being cut off from any sort of income for certain period of time. Only income can be removed from them just for turning up late.
Project appears to be based on the idea that any work is work, studies show that wrong job can be just as bad as unemployment. Support social net appears to become whip and chains over helping people who need it. State has decided to blame the individual for something which could be out of there control. Another program called work programme which replaced bunch of effective schemes out sourcing the helping long term unemployed into work to various groups. Number of criticisms surrounding its effectiveness based on the evidence. Part of the welfare reform project which has just made benefits more authoritarian less social safety net. Aim was to cut the bill however that has not happened due to lack of economic growth. Instead we have bunch of failures which are ineffective in dealing with the issue caused by ideology blindness.
Unemployment is not just social problem but economic one. Must treat people like people and how you would like to be treated on these programs not numbers at whitehall meeting.
My experience
Went off to university did the wrong course suffered from mental health issues, family issues appeared during that time which resulted in my mother being diagnosed with cancer. Suffered with long term unemployment as a result with some mental health issues dragging me down. Finally got a job 14 months after leaving university it was after my mothers dead. Job was doing night shift at local pertoal station covering day time hours. Did not find the job enjoyable found it stressful along with boring for poor pay. suffered nervous breakdown which resulted me not turning up for couple of days. Was also late once or twice due to social anxiety resulted in me being fired. Role did not fit me at all helped bring to the boil some mental health issues. Dyslexic resulted me finding it hard to quickly count any spare money with pressure of having serve coffee at the same time. For my first job it was terrible however did try to stick it out even after having the breakdown which caused me to quit.
Fast forward couple of months almost another 12 months found new job working for a call centre. Cold calling people about PPI/PBA and various other products. Against mental health issues due stress of the role mainly due to targets and being soul destroying job. Finding the right job for the person is as important as the time between jobs. Suffering not just from mental health issues but long term unemployment once again. Stories like the above are common place some people had it far worse yet we get given penalties over treated as humans.
Penalty for people at the bottom of the ladder, yet no action taken against bad choices at the top. Financial industry has had less penalties taken against people compared benefits sanctions for one week. Yet was able to cause one of the worse crisis in modern years due to poor risk management and fraud. Easy to understand why some are angry against politicians, politicians response was to blame people on social welfare program.
When it comes to policy we appear to have grandiose of delusion going on at the moment. Starting to believe that serious grandiose of delusion going on. Britain public is suffering from mental health crisis so is the government of the day.
Rather be working over on the unemployment ladder, just a case of finding the right role. Victorian style policy is not fit for the 21th century evidence proves it. Government wants to help people get into work needs to stop hitting them with sticks and start building programs which work for that individual.