The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132930 Message #3014796
Posted By: Richie Black (misused acct, bad email)
25-Oct-10 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Spending Cuts UK - The Thread
Subject: RE: BS: Spending Cuts UK - The Thread
This thread is going around in a loop. Half of those contributing must live in cloud cuckoo land or just anti-establishment throw backs from the flower power era.
Yes there are genuine disabled people who deserve all the help they can get. On the other hand there are young couples (many live in my area) that have three kids, rent paid, council tax paid, heating allowance, school uniforms paid for and a generous weekly handout. They can visit the local bars three nights and will never work as it just doesn't pay them. Is that fair ?
An astonishing £192 billion is spent on welfare payments each year, a figure which ballooned by nearly half during the free-spending New Labour years.
The Chancellor announced concrete plans to take hundreds of thousands of people off benefits, and put them into work, he will give himself scope to deliver meaningful tax cuts in the run-up to the next Election.
It is time to reward young industrious couples struggling to pay their way and who contribute to the economy and reward for their sacrifices.