It's been proposed by one of the British politicians recently, that young people under 25, who are not in education,employment or training (hence the acronym - neet), might not get benefits as of 2015. Economically, it just means that Britain will finally level the overgrown welfare system with most other countries in the world, where if you don't contribute, you don't get. What is shocking is that we're talking about an estimated one million people under 25.
Who don't go to school or college or university.
Who don't train or apprentice to enter any profession.
Who don't work anywhere.
Who will now start shouting about how unfair this is.
Who are you people? What do you do? If you are healthy and fit and young what do you do with your life? Where are your parents, who seem not to care about what's going to happen with you? And why should you get help to survive just because you exist?
It is unfair on all of us who work to be forced to support you.
The job market is open across Europe, not only in UK.
There are always places in training for vocational professions.
There's free higher education, or uni loans, or training schemes.
What's missing at the moment is that push, the knowledge that if you don't do anything with your life then you will stay with your parents and live off their money, because the state is not going to help you unless you decide to become a citizen of the state and not a burden.
It's sad times when fear of failure has to replace ambition. But maybe this change will also help to limit the embarrassingly high number of teenage pregnancies in UK - if people know that their kids not only don't guarantee them a council house but might stay with them and live off their money for a very long time...
