General Discussion
Is anyone else entertained by the heroic capture of the doggers in Sidmouth but less entertained by the scrambling of the police helicopter from Exeter (cost to you and me = £1600 per hour) to catch the one (allegedly wearing handcuffs) that got away - without success ??
the workhouse @Lynne ??? since everything i have read on here leads me to think that you and i probably have similar views about these issues, there is no point in me taking up your baton and running with it ! however, it would be interesting to have a different point of view expressed to debate........anyone???
am not understanding the maths here @neilh . can you explain please!! or am i just being thick?? (which is quite possible!)
i think if you read what i said bryony you will see that i was very careful not to presume that your default position is that people with little money care little about their children (quote 'i am not suggesting that this is your default position @bryony ') . and where have i made a presumption about your family income? i know nothing about you (nor you me) and assume even less so don't make ...
@bryony , i have personally found this budget shocking. perhaps fairness isnt a good work (and no, i don't have to accept it and 'move on' from it) and equality is a better one? children do go to bed hungry in this country (ask any primary school teacher) and its not good enough to default to the idea that the children who do have feckless and uncaring parents. some might, in the same way that ...
it most definitely is not a gross generalization to say that the elderley are the most frequent users of the nhs @burneside - its a fact. whether or not they get 'more than their monies worth' i really couldn't comment! pensioner poverty is equally as important and as soul destroying as child poverty. in my view, @Lynne and @neilh , pensioners should have their benefits irrespective of ...
is it fair that poor people get poorer and rich people get richer @Paul ? and do you think that every unemployed person chooses to be unemployed? the only money the goverment has is the money it raises from us through taxation (there is no such thing as government money, only our money) - why shouldn't people who earn more pay more? why should some children go to bed hungry (and i can't believe ...
the wretched man is talking pounds, shilling and pence i think @neilh - not percentage of income which most of us would consider to be a fairer way of calculating gain or loss! @Lynne - agree completely - should probably have written that the lowest income households spend 100% of their income and have nothing left for contingency. Only fair? I wonder what planet our beloved leaders are from
Re The Millionaires Budget Another example of neo liberalism reared its ugly head again today - despite evidence to demonstate the failure of so called 'trickle down' to promote growth in the past three decades. Simply making the rich richer does nothing to make the rest of us rich. There is, in fact, strong evidence to show that the best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth ...
@burneside - your mother is non contributory because she is non productive. social economics is not only a minefield (as neilh says) but also doesn't have a soul. and is your mother, without wishing to disregard/dismiss her past productive contribution (to society), nursing (for example) other people's parents - which is what would have to happen if we don't have enough 'children' to do this ...
