tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6108684027125554050..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Not Quite Getting The Point Of Benefits…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-44665270934846232572012-09-25T23:48:34.049+01:002012-09-25T23:48:34.049+01:00"hidden benefits of a council house"
No..."hidden benefits of a council house"<br /><br />Not so hidden. The right to buy policy was Thatcher's flagship policy. It was designed to facilitate social mobility and create working class Tories and it often worked. Before the Thatcher administration 49% of the population were housed by the council. My uncle was a fireman and he and his family had no problem getting a council house. That was what they were designed for: working men and their families.Louisehttp://rielouise.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8454170702888712372012-09-25T09:42:37.212+01:002012-09-25T09:42:37.212+01:00It is mandatory to have rigorous oversight concern...It is mandatory to have rigorous oversight concerning those who are employed to care for children or vulnerable adults. Rigorous as in an enhanced criminal records bureau check.<br /><br />Back to benefits....and I cannot help but mention those in receipt of the 37 billion/year benefit......tax relief on pension contributions. Something to ponder because the pension industry makes so little money a year, and charges so much for doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30850933937500837782012-09-25T09:24:02.236+01:002012-09-25T09:24:02.236+01:00"hidden benefit of a council house"
Very..."hidden benefit of a council house"<br />Very few of those remaining. Loads of housing associations though. Rents in social housing are about 75% of private housing. housing benefit has been cut everywhere, not just in London. Nowhere pays 100% now, the median is just over 90%. Same for council tax benefit (soon to be replaced).<br />The LARGEST state benefit (yes it is) is the state pension, dwarfing all other benefits. Nibbling at the corners (which is what the "cuts" are) is not going to disguise the problem of falling tax revenues, both income and consumer taxes, and outgoings exceeding income.<br />Quite simply a massive proportion of government income pays its own employees and their pensions/pension-contribs. That is true of both local and national government. The NHS PFI scandal, which is what it is, will bankrupt the NHS (that part that remains) in the near, and far, future. Blame both labour and conservative for that continuing festering financial scam/sore.<br /><br />JohnMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56851416875275167932012-09-25T05:36:19.759+01:002012-09-25T05:36:19.759+01:00"Of course this means it attracts some um bel...<i>"Of course this means it attracts some um below-par people but you can't have everything."</i><br /><br />Rigorous oversight would resolve that. Sadly, that's expensive.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6995922232471405612012-09-24T23:24:45.427+01:002012-09-24T23:24:45.427+01:00if you are prepared to work with the elderly, you ...if you are prepared to work with the elderly, you can just walk into any recruitment office in the high street and the job's yours. Of course this means it attracts some um below-par people but you can't have everything.<br /><br />(It can be very rewarding, by the way, if you can overlook certain things - like the heartbreaking fact that their relatives (usually middle class) don't seem to give two hoots about them. Your clients will be walking novels, ready to open and read.Louisehttp://rielouise.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56283982409193673982012-09-24T05:34:22.544+01:002012-09-24T05:34:22.544+01:00"...but IF the levels are correctly set, they...<i>"...but IF the levels are correctly set, they should not be frozen unless the Government finds some way of freezing the cost of living."</i> <br /><br />I'd like to see a breakdown of just what this 'cost of living' entails - warm, comfortable shoes yes, latest designer trainers, no!<br /><br /><i>"The idea that benefits only go to people out of work (usually of course "to those who refuse to work") is wholly false. Working Tax Credits anyone? "</i> <br /><br />Yup, another wheeze designed to support a huge state apparatus.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4509938519315950452012-09-24T05:31:56.980+01:002012-09-24T05:31:56.980+01:00"The Tories in Cabinet view all of us with co...<i>"The Tories in Cabinet view all of us with contemt."</i> <br /><br />I think you could easily replace the word 'Tories' with 'politicians' and still be correct..<br /><br /><i>"I believe these are the real problem, the Wormtongues who over the last 15+ years have been telling "the poor" they're entitled to other people's money."</i> <br /><br />Hard to disagree.<br /><br /><i>"Benefit farming..."</i> <br /><br />Indeed, and the first rule of farming? Keep your livestock well fed, that it may increase.<br /><br /><i>"It is certainly not true of the hidden benefit of a council house compared to private renting/ buying."</i> <br /><br />Spot on!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33068552971227481592012-09-23T21:37:38.862+01:002012-09-23T21:37:38.862+01:00"The system is designed to create dependancy;..."The system is designed to create dependancy; it is much easier to control those who need."<br /><br />Jiksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30370048271529132032012-09-23T20:21:12.956+01:002012-09-23T20:21:12.956+01:00(Prepares to be severely "flamed") ...
...(Prepares to be severely "flamed") ...<br /><br />The idea that benefits only go to people out of work (usually of course "to those who refuse to work") is wholly false. Working Tax Credits anyone? Care to guess where on the "benefits spending league table" WTC is? <br /><br />(Stands by for someone to claim "it isn't a benefit and should not be confused with "welfare" ....)<br /><br />That said, people like Alison Garnham get right up my nose too. With, ahem, "friends and supporters" like her convincing anyone that a proper fair and equitable safety net welfare system is a sign of a civilised society, and should be seen as a positive and not, as is increasingly the case following Labour's decision to demonise "welfare" and the present Grand Alliance carrying on the same demonisation with gusto, some terrible blight without which everyone would be (sic "better off" becomes nigh on impossible ... <br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8425914250800327192012-09-23T19:54:04.589+01:002012-09-23T19:54:04.589+01:00ps - housing benefit is a different matter. HB is ...ps - housing benefit is a different matter. HB is creating millionaire landlords. It's amazing that proposals to restrict it to £400 a week - equivalent to a £30,000+ pre-tax wage - are in any way controversial. I'd quite like a flat in London - but I can't afford one.<br /><br />Laban Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-80349330383771802782012-09-23T19:50:33.913+01:002012-09-23T19:50:33.913+01:00Benefits should enable a minimum standard of livin...Benefits should enable a minimum standard of living, so I've got no problem with<br /><br />a) them not being linked to wages OR 'a poverty line' based on (last time I looked) 60% of median wages.<br /><br />b) them being increased by the rate of inflation EVEN IF WAGES AREN'T INCREASING. They're supposed to provide a minimum standard, so they should rise with inflation.<br /><br />I can see why people are peeved, seeing benefits rise while wages are static, but IF the levels are correctly set, they should not be frozen unless the Government finds some way of freezing the cost of living. I'm not sure that printing money is the way to do that.<br /><br />Laban <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-72888716100561688032012-09-23T19:40:44.842+01:002012-09-23T19:40:44.842+01:00"What was conveniently obscured in the debate..."What was conveniently obscured in the debate was the fact that for many years, benefits have risen at a significantly lower level than wages. "<br />Is that true of housing benefit?<br />It is certainly not true of the hidden benefit of a council house compared to private renting/ buying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91289713309461302932012-09-23T18:19:03.561+01:002012-09-23T18:19:03.561+01:00Alison Garnham is Ernst Stavro Blofeld and I claim...Alison Garnham is Ernst Stavro Blofeld and I claim my £5Dr Cromartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35733964933127293802012-09-23T16:56:49.578+01:002012-09-23T16:56:49.578+01:00I clicked on the link, is that a woman?I clicked on the link, is that a woman?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36141339859845046962012-09-23T16:46:50.377+01:002012-09-23T16:46:50.377+01:00Benefit farming: a service to the underclass which...Benefit farming: a service to the underclass which keeps an awful lot of smug people with mediocre qualifications in righton subjects in secure employment, simultaneously protecting them from anthing so grubby as being net producers.LJHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16354589085149595812012-09-23T14:54:20.261+01:002012-09-23T14:54:20.261+01:00Quite frankly if I ever get the opportunity to mee...Quite frankly if I ever get the opportunity to meet one of these useless bastards,I will tell them to f**k off and stop playing around with peoples lives. Some troll in the Telegraph comments section noted that tax was a break on the economy. What they didn't realise is the level of tax taken to fund benefits would if stopped fund a boost to the economy and fund new jobs. The down side is people like Graham would have as much to complain about. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75158901587548825072012-09-23T13:33:07.033+01:002012-09-23T13:33:07.033+01:00Andrew said:" They're no different to the...Andrew said:" They're no different to the slime that work in the race industry."<br /><br />Too right like our local Diversity Loon who wants to turn yet another English city into a facsimilie of the Islamic Republic of Luton<br /><br />These socialist cretins want there to be lots of dependent poor people, after all that's what gives them their living. <br /><br />Farenheit211http://farenheit211.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49469444162695390342012-09-23T13:02:53.465+01:002012-09-23T13:02:53.465+01:00"(and that of their cheerleaders and enablers..."(and that of their cheerleaders and enablers)"<br /><br />I believe these are the real problem, the Wormtongues who over the last 15+ years have been telling "the poor" they're entitled to other people's money.<br /><br />They're no different to the slime that work in the race industry.<br /><br />And if any attempts were made to genuinely help the worse off, I think these people would fight it tooth and nail in order to keep their own cushy jobs (a quick look at Garnham's bio seems to show she's never held a real job, and if I wasn't going to take the high-ground I might point out she looks like she's probably been a man at some point in her life).<br /><br />Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24465764554236176072012-09-23T12:29:16.975+01:002012-09-23T12:29:16.975+01:00Sorry spelling wonky it has been a long night must...Sorry spelling wonky it has been a long night must get to bed.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73835825140939620492012-09-23T12:28:25.890+01:002012-09-23T12:28:25.890+01:00The Tories in Cabinet view all of us with contemt....The Tories in Cabinet view all of us with contemt. The Lib Dems at least appear to be trying to hold them back from what would be an utter disaster for those living on very little.<br />Perhaps a way forward would be to link benefits to MP's pay and allowable expenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com