Unemployment

Press, 4 September 1982, Page 14

Unemployment

Sir,—ln his article on unemployment (August 26) Oliver Riddell raises some important points. Unfortunately, it is true that only the unemployed themselves, seem to be worried; others adopt an “I’m all right, Jack,” attitude. However, the whole community has a price to pay for any serious social problem. A rise in unemployment always brings other problems in its train. For example. a rising crime rate, increasing violence in the home and on the streets, more broken marriages and increasing mental illness and suicide. We pay financially, too, through the increased taxation required to finance health and welfare services. People in well-paid jobs cannot afford to be complacent. Even Public Service jobs are not always secure these days, as many teachers could testify. There are just not enough jobs to go around, and there will be even fewer with the introduction of more modern technology. It is high time that we all recognised this fact.—Yours, etc., MRS A. HULSTON. August 31, 1982.