somerset
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I am awake, I am just bored with the same old tripe trolled out by the 'right-on' left. It is obvious where your political bigotry lies, I only have to read back those positives you quote that you just can't help devaluing with an added 'but'......I must ask, do you ever take a positive view of any success if it involves the Conservatives or Lib-Dems, or do you live your life entirely behind the veil of Labour/Trade union spin?It seems to be what the majority of commentators are saying.
There are statistics around about the rich - i.e. the top 10% getting richer, while the rest of us - i.e. 90%, which is a fairly big majority - are getting poorer.
Admittedly the unemployment count went down - unexpectedly - this week - but how many of those are in marginal employment, part-time when they need to be full-time and so on and so forth.
How many people in real need , whom the Government of the Day would describe as "scroungers", are really frightened because they are GENUINELY unable to work, but are afraid they will have their benefits reduced. I heard of a case in Southampton last month of a man suffering from Emphesema and in a wheelchair who appealed against his loss of incapacity benefit. The effort of getting in to court in his wheelchair gave him a breathing crisis. By the time he had recovered his breath, his appeal had been upheld and the original judgement described as ridiculous. I was told of this by the person who was presenting the case to the tribunal, who has presented 12 such cases so far this financial year, 11 of which have been won, which shows the quality of the original judgements.
The thin air of my Imagination - I don't think so. Wake up and smell the coffee, as the expression goes.
Just as an aside, did you know that the amount of money committed to the bank bailout by the government would be enough to pay for JobSeeker's allowance at the current rate for the next 150 years, or is the equivalent of what would be lost through benefit fraud over the next millennium - that's one thousand years. And these are provable by Government statistics.
Amazing.