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donnajunkie wrote: »well i have acknowledged that perhaps people with kids get too much. however people often push for cuts for everyone. many cuts that happen are targeted at people who dont get too much.
That is why I think that a blanket removal of housing benefit for under 25s is wrong I suspect that some people could live with their parents but others couldn't.
All I am saying is that the benefit system as it now is not working properly and needs reforming.0 -
chewmylegoff wrote: »
Anyone who thinks that benefits can carry on increasing faster than inflation given no economic growth and a deficit of £125 billion is in for a surprise, I think.
I agree that the benefits bill can't keep rising, particularly in proportion to national income.
Cutting benefits is only one side of the equation though. Employment opportunities need to be created and fair reward ensured. Not all benefit recipients are career unemployed and many are actually in working but their pay levels are low - don't forget the cleaners at the DWP.
Is housing benefit, particularly in the SE, a big contributory factor in spiraling costs?
Is immigration adding to the problem by "bumping" already resident labour onto benefits?
Ignoring housing costs the basic essentials of life are pretty evenly spread across the country. It is arguable that those in remote or rural locations face increased costs over those in any of our major conurbations including the SE."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
One thing that hasn't been raised here is that it is working taxpayers who are having to pay the benefits of people who are not working – many of whom have never paid any taxes themselves.
It's little wonder that working people who are subsidizing the non-workers are feeling resentful.0 -
Yes but my question is what has each of these people said that is critical of other people? Your original comment accused a whole load of people of nothing in particular. Until you answer this question this is just hot air.
Never said that, I just said that many of them made the money themselves (what is wrong with that?). Some of those on your list were born into privilege. Either way what have they done to appear on your list?
It's not my list. I was responding to someone else's original list. Like I have admitted I don't watch the programme any more so can't answer the question. I am commenting really on the institutional BBC leftist bias which induces them to put on such a programme.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
I cannot agree with you and unlike you I do watch the programme.
I think QT is a well balance programme, and difficult to make so. The idea that they only pick right wing guests who are easy to ridicule is absurd, programmes this year have included Chares Moore, Kelvin MacKenzie, Christina Odone, Peter Hitchens, Melanie Philips, Ruth Lea, Simon Jenkins, Julie Meyer, and Anne Leslie none of who I would say were lefties and all of which are credible centre right speakers.
I do agree about Dimbleby being sanctimonious though.
At least we agree on the main irritating factor then !No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
GeorgeHowell wrote: »It's not my list. I was responding to someone else's original list. Like I have admitted I don't watch the programme any more so can't answer the question. I am commenting really on the institutional BBC leftist bias which induces them to put on such a programme.
personally i think QT is reasonably balanced and i think they give right leaning loonies as much of an opportunity to talk nonsense as they give to their left wing nitwit counterparts.
the institutional bias becomes more clear though when they draw out a 2 minute clip from QT of baldrick basically suggesting that bankers are reptilian shapeshifters and posting that on their website as a separate article and then whacking it in a prominent place on their front page so it gets into the 10 most viewed articles which are the things that most people read.
or it may just be lazy journalism, like when they can't find anything to write about so they just have a look on stephen fry's twitter page and come up with a "stephen fry thinks whiskas is best cat food" story.0 -
chewmylegoff wrote: »personally i think QT is reasonably balanced and i think they give right leaning loonies as much of an opportunity to talk nonsense as they give to their left wing nitwit counterparts.
the institutional bias becomes more clear though when they draw out a 2 minute clip from QT of baldrick basically suggesting that bankers are reptilian shapeshifters and posting that on their website as a separate article and then whacking it in a prominent place on their front page so it gets into the 10 most viewed articles which are the things that most people read.
or it may just be lazy journalism, like when they can't find anything to write about so they just have a look on stephen fry's twitter page and come up with a "stephen fry thinks whiskas is best cat food" story.
You may be right. Laziness and apparent shallowness of many of the decision makers seems to be a factor. The much derided fiasco of the Jubilee pageant was a great example. Perhaps its too much of a conspiracy theory to suggest that this was cooked up by a republican element. More likely a bunch of silly, arrogant, inexperienced twits who thought they'd do it differently and in particular, as always, try to appeal to the 'yoof' audience. The fact that everyone at the BBC from Fearn Cotton to Thompson tried to tough it out and defend it afterwards says a lot about the arrogance and removal from reality in that organisation.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0 -
Yeyaaasssss!
Been on about this for ages.
Watch out for the following individuals garnering simplistic battery monkey mindless applause for hollow platitudes such as 'Bankers = fatcats' (even though somehow these individuals are fat cat tax dogers themselves);
+ Will Self
+Tony Robinson
+ Billy Bragg (massive Tax dodger fat cat)
+ Shirley Williams (huge wealth)
+ Lenny Henry (worth £50m)
+ Ben Elton - one of the biggest fat cats of all
+ Will Hutton - uses a Ltd co for all his speaking revenue etc
+ Janet St Porter
+ Tony Benn - huge state in Essex - stopped rambles walking round the premiter my the sea - main home in Holland park
Don't be a mug by falling for these crowd pleasers - always have in your mind the image of thier meet with thier Accoutant
did you know Lenny Henry was black? I didn't until the Queen's Jubillee concert where he made a black reference at every available opportunity.
I can't stand that. Yes Lenny, you're black. We know. Now be funny like you're paid to do.0 -
Where is the evidence that supports whatever you are suggesting these public figures are doing?
There is nothing immoral about being wealthy and does not mean you do not pay your fair share of tax. Neither is it a crime to be successful or to inherit wealth. Neither is it wrong for a talented person to reap the benefits of their talents.
Time and again they cultivate this saintly persona, saying all the right things, such as critiscising fat cats, yet often they are fat cats themselves, which makes them even less desirable.
Ken Livingston made all the right noises about paying full Tax and yet went out his way not to.
George Mobiat preches about minimising our impact and yet had 4 children.
Poly Toignbe preaches about GW, and bought a massive villa in Tuscany.
Tony Bens infamous speech urging us to question where those in charge got thier power, eased his sons way into all the right places.
J Carr bemoaning Barclays 1% Tax.
Ben Elton talking of greedy Tories, yet clings to £50m+ himself.
Shirley Williams says her politics all stem from the teachings of Jesus Christ. Sharing all you have for example. I happen to know her finances. She's a multi millionaire and CHOOSES not to share the bulk of it.
I feel sorry for the fools thaty so easily applaude the utterneces of these uber charlatans.0 -
Time and again they cultivate this saintly persona, saying all the right things, such as critiscising fat cats, yet often they are fat cats themselves, which makes them even less desirable.
Ken Livingston made all the right noises about paying full Tax and yet went out his way not to.
George Mobiat preches about minimising our impact and yet had 4 children.
Poly Toignbe preaches about GW, and bought a massive villa in Tuscany.
Tony Bens infamous speech urging us to question where those in charge got thier power, eased his sons way into all the right places.
J Carr bemoaning Barclays 1% Tax.
Ben Elton talking of greedy Tories, yet clings to £50m+ himself.
Shirley Williams says her politics all stem from the teachings of Jesus Christ. Sharing all you have for example. I happen to know her finances. She's a multi millionaire and CHOOSES not to share the bulk of it.
I feel sorry for the fools thaty so easily applaude the utterneces of these uber charlatans.
Lefties don't live in the real world, and are all about posing and posturing. They think that as long as you are anti-Tory and believe in equality of outcome, anti-elitism, political correctness etc then that's fine. For those that live a similar lifestyle to the people whom they purport to despise this doesn't compute in their minds as an issue.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0
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