tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2938913082062775535..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: I Think I'm Becoming Too Hard-Hearted...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-40377899303872838002010-11-09T06:24:16.932+00:002010-11-09T06:24:16.932+00:00"The "Azure" card is intended to pa..."The "Azure" card is intended to pay for "food and essential toiletries only", and can only be used in stores selected by the Home Office – these include Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Boots, Peacocks and Morrisons."<br /><br />That addresses the main problem (as I understood) with the previous voucher system, namely that only mini-markets would sell them, that vouchers had to be spent in full at once and that claimants consequently bought groceries at inflated prices.<br /><br />I don't like yet more state largesse paid for by taxes, but this does seem to be a relatively efficient form of hosing money up a wall.Nick2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87209007600276022442010-11-09T05:38:25.600+00:002010-11-09T05:38:25.600+00:00"...but shame upon us if we permit children t...<i>"...but shame upon us if we permit children to go hungry or humiliate those in search of a peaceful existence. "</i> <br /><br />I'll put up with that 'shame'. <br /><br />Personally, I believe there's far, far more shame in neglecting our own so we can dance on the world stage, crying 'Look at me!'...<br /><br /><i>"...anyway 44% of the recipients don't give a toss, why are the others so precious?"</i> <br /><br />Maybe that's how we should sort the sheep from the goats?<br /><br /><i>"The comment from poverty pimp Hong7 on the Cif comments thread is priceless."</i> <br /><br />Indeed! I sometimes wonder if the more erratic commenter aren't plants...<br /><br /><i>"...I wonder how we end up with administrators like the ones behind such schemes."</i> <br /><br />Because abject failure is so often rewarded with promotion to move you out of harm's way, and make you someone else's problem...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53973085231584048362010-11-08T11:16:38.868+00:002010-11-08T11:16:38.868+00:00If they really are here as they were in fear of th...If they really are here as they were in fear of their lives back home I would think a 3 mile walk to get free stuff would not be such a hardship.<br /><br />As you say, if they don't like it here, go away.Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48183072431798245352010-11-08T11:11:23.910+00:002010-11-08T11:11:23.910+00:00They don't like the way they are forced to spe...They don't like the way they are forced to spend money extorted from taxpayers, many of whom are struggling to keep their heads above water? Diddums!Lynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79486614853387515562010-11-08T11:08:55.091+00:002010-11-08T11:08:55.091+00:00Giving cash or card is irrelevant - we do the card...Giving cash or card is irrelevant - we do the card thing (vouchers) with student hardship money. Given you can get twice the food in Lydl why do we give Sainsburys? The kids flog the vouchers for cash anyway. So will immigrant chancers.<br />Only middle class donkeys could believe such a scheme could ever work. Such schemes only hurt the deserving poor - they never cure fiddles. You could sell milk tokens when we had them.<br />I agree with Melvin - we forget our compassion and first principles at great risk - but underlying it all I wonder how we end up with administrators like the ones behind such schemes. They disgust me more than the liberals up Julia's nose - but note, only 'more'.<br />It's time to stop immigration dead, until we sort out the country, and form reasonable policies about other places sorting themselves out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64323311336916023862010-11-08T10:00:49.948+00:002010-11-08T10:00:49.948+00:00The comment from poverty pimp Hong7 on the Cif com...The comment from poverty pimp Hong7 on the Cif comments thread is priceless.S/he mentioned that s/he was involved in administering benefits to asylum seekers a decade ago, and had some misgivings about doshing out money to people who could have been chancers instead of 'genuine refugees'. However when hearing critical comments from those s/he disparages as the Daily Mail brigade, any reservations s/he had about doling out money to possibly undeserving foreigners evaporated, and s/he returned to the warm showerbath of publicly funded compassion ! <br />I wonder if Hong7 is still in the taxpayer funded compassion business, and perhaps sees fewer job opportunities for himself/herself if we ever get a grip and return these 'failed asylum seekers' to their own (or neighbouring, if required) countries ?Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-17347695696905321752010-11-08T09:52:50.768+00:002010-11-08T09:52:50.768+00:00Does not seem any more 'humiliating' than ...Does not seem any more 'humiliating' than having free school meals and anyway 44% of the recipients don't give a toss, why are the others so precious?.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63010181368674703302010-11-08T09:26:41.369+00:002010-11-08T09:26:41.369+00:00I have some concerns but shame upon us if we permi...I have some concerns but shame upon us if we permit children to go hungry or humiliate those in search of a peaceful existence. <br />Yes, the scheme will attract some cheats and layabouts; so what's new?MTGnoreply@blogger.com