sorry boatboy , the black economy is still alive , and if you can cut a line with a paintbrush , you still can get cash in hand , as you can couch surf with mates , a roof over the head is not a problem , and if you want to tent it , a trip to the swimming pool for a hot shower , is on the cards .
lets not forget a bit of illicit business, to boost the pocket.or suppliment the pitance you get from this goverment , and any excuse not to give it to you along the way.
i did hear of a couple who having worked in jersey and obtaining a jersey pension , were treated as lepers , by social as they "went abroad too much", personaly i would i would want to charge some one with false inprisonment as i was being held here in the island , to collect my life line of food and sustinace , on pain of otherwise starvation and a dimminished life style.
fritz you are correct about the poping out of a" local born" child , but this is nothing new , as my parents did this 50 years ago , but did it under their own steam , had a home , and a business.
when my father collected his pension after being selfemployed , he was spitting feathers , and that was thirty years ago.
i would want to see a visa system .
there are those born here and those who chose the make ahome here and play the game and have the vision of how good this place could be and are sick to stomach with what is going on here.
