Hi everyone,

I was reading this article that was in the portal: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/uk-britain-jobless-idUKTRE80H0J020120118?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=408

The number of people without a job is becoming larger and larger, but There is some optimism about the future in countries like England, where the claimant count measure to aid the country looks like a positive one for this year.

Simultaneously, even when the government is trying to apply austerity measures like in countries like Greece or Italy, they are not working very well, and one of the reasons is the subsidies for the unemployed. It consumes a lot of the money the country needs to 'survive'.

In Colombia, there is no subsidy for unemployed - only for some single mothers, displaced people and a loooooooooooooooooooooot for ex-guerrilla and ex-paramilitary members. Do you agree there must be a subsidy for unemployed people in a country that has economical problems? Must every country subsidize their people?

Let's write your opinions!