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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days ago

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

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Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days ago
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The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
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    Bloody young people, standing in the way of millionaires becoming billionaires.

    • okwithmydecay@leminal.spaceOP
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      It’s certainly drawing the battle lines for the election, particularly with the Greens being the most popular party for voters under 50.

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      It’s not the extra-rich that should have their wealth taxed, no no no, look down at those lazy Gen XYZeds. Filthy communists shouldn’t get a dime of British money.

      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        THE BOAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR YOUR CRUMBS!

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        • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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          True billionaires don’t drop crumbs.

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            yeah, look at how many kids elon musk has, it’s not been crumb he’s been leaving behind.

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            Shhh its a seekrit

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    Reform: The party for those who like to pull up the ladder they just climbed.

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      Except if young people get considerably cheaper then firms will switch older minimum wage staff to younger ones where they can. I also doubt he’ll be capping this at 18, more like 21 when it shakes out.

      Older minimum wage people who think this won’t impact them and still plan on voting for Farage are deluding themselves as they are the actual target of this policy.

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    Nigel Farage should be cut

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    anakin: minimum wage should be cut for young people
    padme: and give them universal basic income right?

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      “If we give them universal basic income, then everyone will want some.”

      “That’s… why it’s called ‘universal’.”

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    Taking bets on whether or not he even realises that it’s already lower for young people, as the article points out

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    Bold position to take when 16 year olds are supposedly going to get the vote

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    Hey Farage promises he will never stop exploring more ways to exploit more people more.

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    Picking on kids.

    Swell policy for those who are under eighteen, who are forced to escape abusive homes.

    Nice one, Nigel.

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    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      Aaaaaaiiiigh!

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    Young people should gut Nigel Farage.

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    Congratulations on Farage for volunteering to legally change his age to permanently 18 and give himself minimum wage.

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    Wouldn’t be the worse for placements as part of a uni course tbh as those are hard to find. But it shouldn’t be by a lot. Ideally you could have a system where the wage is decided later or a tax break or something so they will pay 20% less and you’d still get the same money, but honestly this is farage so it’s probably nothing decent at all

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