tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2689709389936337740..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Redefining ‘Fairness’…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24539039696697347122014-03-16T12:13:46.261+00:002014-03-16T12:13:46.261+00:00Kinda agree with Tolkein-except anyone in their 50...Kinda agree with Tolkein-except anyone in their 50s would have been educated back when we had an education system and therefore should be literate enough to cope with the JSA forms!<br /><br />Saw a TV report recently about Food Banks - German Food Banks. I was shocked that 1. Germany should NEED Food Banks- I blame Gert The Shredder and 2. that, worryingly and increasingly, the 'clientele' weren't OAPS or 'Scroungers' but young GERMAN couples/families IN WORK! <br /><br />I'm told by friends who use Food Banks here that the number of these "New Poor" (ie employed but in Fuel Poverty) is increasing rapidly too although many , strictly speaking, aren't even allowed to access the Food Bank and that the Food Banks are having to turn a blind eye.<br /><br />Anyone on Minimum Wage and paying full council tax has to choose between buying food and heating these days it seems.The Blocked Dwarfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-479008899910004472014-03-15T20:55:20.962+00:002014-03-15T20:55:20.962+00:00You've put my thoughts into words. I have had ...You've put my thoughts into words. I have had three occasions to sign on in my 40 working years. Each time I have felt that I am missing a trick.andy5759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-51500596533027117782014-03-15T20:53:42.261+00:002014-03-15T20:53:42.261+00:00There are rules. Worthless public-sector parasite ...There are rules. Worthless public-sector parasite thinks they break ‘em.<br /><br />FTFY.Brian, follower of Deornothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941277617617928470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9484116210701274132014-03-15T19:41:06.335+00:002014-03-15T19:41:06.335+00:00No, I'm afraid you're wrong on this Julia....No, I'm afraid you're wrong on this Julia.<br /><br />Forms are complicated and easy to get wrong. Someone in 50s loses job for the first time, eventually signs on and gets something wrong. Lose benefit for four weeks. they've paid taxes for decades. Meanwhile Ms and Mr Stabby McChav get their forms corrected for them by DWP staff - otherwise they'll get their head kicked in. The first named is usually bewildered and Food Banks help them. Our Church helps at the local FoodBank and we hear too many of these stories to doubt there's truth in them. The State is supposed to be on our side, after all. They've paid taxes, so why kick them hard now?tolkeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322788161398430426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-71146780578882564912014-03-15T13:37:48.701+00:002014-03-15T13:37:48.701+00:00Ah, the soft-left think tank Policy Exchange. They...Ah, the soft-left think tank Policy Exchange. They have the gall to consider themselves conservative, but in reality they're just the usual lentil chomping liberal leftards social workers. Basically they are proponents of the magic money tree theory of socialist economics where money is simply handed over without thought of actually who supplies it (hint, it isn't the government)Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.com