Should 1950s WASPI women be compensated?

fred246

I have read the government websites and they quite clearly state that benefits are there to pay for the extra costs of disability.

nigelbb

It's much easier to justify being selfish when you demonise the undeserving poor.

Malthusian

Silvertabby wrote: »

Or have lots of children. When I went to the DWP office to cancel my late sister's disability benefits (see, she really had been ill) I was initially horrified at the number of fag ends I had to wade through to get to the front door. On benefits, moaning about being skint, but able to afford to spend £300 per month on cigarettes? Sorry, but just doesn't wash with me.

If you are skint and have no long-term outlook then cigs are part of the means of survival.

If people can afford regular foreign holidays on ESA then Martin Lewis should sign them up and get them to share their thrifty tips. For all we know the effing woman's trip to Spain was funded by her parents or other relatives.

Or she'd borrowed the money in which case more fool the lender, and it's not a social spending problem.

fred246

Malthusian wrote: »

If you are skint and have no long-term outlook then cigs are part of the means of survival.

Cigarettes cause disease and early death. I don't think they can be called 'a means of survival'.

GooeyBlob

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the same politicians that are keen to spend £58 billion on WASPI women feel entitled to seize 10% of everyone's pension pots without compensation?

Paul_Herring

GooeyBlob wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the same politicians that are keen to spend £58 billion on WASPI women feel entitled to seize 10% of everyone's pension pots without compensation?

If you include utilities and the internet it's going to be a bit more than 10%....

Pollycat

Paul_Herring wrote: »

If you include utilities and the internet it's going to be a bit more than 10%....

And when you throw this into the pot...

Labour has announced what it is billing as the biggest ever plan to cut rail fares, promising that in government it would immediately reduce the price of season tickets and other regulated fares by a third, and introduce a wider simplification of the ticketing system.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/01/labour-plan-cut-rail-fares-england-season-tickets


I wish I'd found that money tree before Corbyn did.

Paul_Herring

They're not even being subtle about the bribery now, are they?

caveman38

Pollycat wrote: »

And when you throw this into the pot...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/01/labour-plan-cut-rail-fares-england-season-tickets


I wish I'd found that money tree before Corbyn did.

And add to that -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/02/weve-been-robbed-women-pension-age-vote


Most of these people don't look like dopes, do they?

minty777

1950's woman should be given a 50k golden handshake and 2k a year holiday vouchers plus free gas and leccy.No council tax to pay,free car and petrol.