It's a surprise that the US right hasn't promoted such a plan yet but the day is still early. All we need now are debtor prisons and maybe a witch burning or two and we're fully back in the dark ages. I've worked full time or close to it since starting college and part time years before that but I can't see how it's fair to punish those left behind by this poor excuse for capitalism that we find today. Modern conservatism on both sides of the pond is increasingly all about being nasty and kicking those who are down. It offers nothing positive that can benefit society though there's little doubt hard labor will somehow help their business friends. BBC:
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander told the BBC the idea was not to "punish or humiliate" but to get people back into the habit of working.
But the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said the changes could drive people "into a downward spiral of uncertainty, even despair".
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is to unveil the plans this week.
Under the plan, claimants thought to need "experience of the habits and routines of working life" could be put on 30-hour-a-week placements.
