On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:56:50 -0800 (PST),
melanie.fullwood@hotmail.co.uk wrote:


>The National Minimum Wage is not in keeping with the cost of living as
>regards to housing and even the cost of food. It's too low, and
>employers get away with paying this in exchange for a lot of work in
>some cases because it is perfectly legal to do so.


Is it not that house prices are obscene? That little party is coming
to an end at the moment.

Food inflation is massively higher than the government's inflation
figures. This is the same for travel, heating etc etc etc.

The bakset of things that count towards inflation now contains mostly
ipods and other electronics which have fallen in price.


Tax credits also maintain low wages and short hours. Why pay full time
staff when you can have part time workers forced into a level of
flexibility they might not want, and have tax credits to top up the
low wages you pay. UK PLC pays a lot towards the profits of major
companies.
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