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120,000 "trouble" (read as you will) families to get benefits on prepay cards
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Can't spend on booze or ciggys! Of course, this will also prevent any access to illegal substances too.
Going to be a roaring black market trade to these individuals.
You might never know, they might Even get a job to pay for their filthy habits.
Is it going to be a bit like the American food stamps?0 -
hopefully much worse.0
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The numbers are staggering now the amount of Americans on food stamps. Could it get like this in the UK?0
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I bet it does when you consider the cost of treating alcohol and smoking related disorders and diseaseto the NHS.
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Part of the benefit is recycled back the exchequer through tax and duty. The Government is happy to to take the tax from these dangerous substances accepting the risk that some will need medical treatment.
If they foreshorten their life then it saves on future benefit and pension payments.
Tinkering with how welfare gets paid will do little to resolve the actual problem."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 -
robin_banks wrote: »EU law means we can only have 3 rates of VAT, we have 20% rate, 5% rate and of course zero rate.
There would be so many arguments ending up in court that this would simply be a non-starter.
The tax system needs to be simplified.......
I know - the EU wants to further simplify VAT by applying it to everything. Doubt Income tax will fall to "compensate" either.
Have you checked your supermarket bills recently to establish what items are already classed as luxuries and already taxed."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
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