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Osborne Once Famously Said: 'we Are All In This Together'. Do Many Of The Rich Suffer From Malnutrition?
Or is it an affliction of the poor which will be made even worse if the proposed cuts in welfare take effect?
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Hearing a woman on the radio yesterday talking about tax credits really made me think. She is a single mum, raising one son, and she is a graduate, who has tax credits that top up her income. She said that having tax credits meant that she could buy a winter coat and new school shoes for her child, and not have to make a decision about which of them he could do without....
11:03 Wed 28th Oct 2015
I suppose nobody asked the graduate lady in your story, Andy, whether the father of the child was contributing to its upkeep and if not why not (single mothers are not all widows). The CSA was set up to collar absent fathers and make them pay for their offspring.
I do not believe that anybody whose benefit arrangements have been formalised has insufficient money to adequately feed themselves and their family. They may not have enough money to run a car, pay for their Sky TV package, go on holiday, go to the cinema, run their smartphone, pay for their broadband, have their nails done, have their hair highlighted AND feed themselves adequately. But that’s quite a different matter.
If one penny was added to income tax someone earning £25ka pa (who may well be struggling themselves) would pay another £144 in tax. This might make the difference between them having a new coat or new shoes (or even worse, might mean they have neither) so that is not a very satisfactory solution.
It is unfortunate that not everybody can enjoy the same standard of living. But it was always thus and always will be so. This government is trying to wean people away from benefit payments and towards a greater degree of self-sufficiency. It will be difficult for some of them because they have become accustomed to State handouts. Personal tax allowances have increased enormously in the last five years and many people now pay no tax whereas they would have done so a few years ago. Employers are being forced to pay higher wages (low pay being one of the main drivers of in work benefits). But it is ridiculous to suggest that because no golf courses are closing and marinas are doing well that the country can continue its largesse. People who use golf courses and marinas already lose large chunks of their income to tax and they are already doing their bit. Unfortunately the lower paid will have to do so to and it will obviously have a greater impact upon them.
I'm not suggesting that all recipients of Tax Credits are workshy layabouts but the TC system is simply unsustainable.
I do not believe that anybody whose benefit arrangements have been formalised has insufficient money to adequately feed themselves and their family. They may not have enough money to run a car, pay for their Sky TV package, go on holiday, go to the cinema, run their smartphone, pay for their broadband, have their nails done, have their hair highlighted AND feed themselves adequately. But that’s quite a different matter.
If one penny was added to income tax someone earning £25ka pa (who may well be struggling themselves) would pay another £144 in tax. This might make the difference between them having a new coat or new shoes (or even worse, might mean they have neither) so that is not a very satisfactory solution.
It is unfortunate that not everybody can enjoy the same standard of living. But it was always thus and always will be so. This government is trying to wean people away from benefit payments and towards a greater degree of self-sufficiency. It will be difficult for some of them because they have become accustomed to State handouts. Personal tax allowances have increased enormously in the last five years and many people now pay no tax whereas they would have done so a few years ago. Employers are being forced to pay higher wages (low pay being one of the main drivers of in work benefits). But it is ridiculous to suggest that because no golf courses are closing and marinas are doing well that the country can continue its largesse. People who use golf courses and marinas already lose large chunks of their income to tax and they are already doing their bit. Unfortunately the lower paid will have to do so to and it will obviously have a greater impact upon them.
I'm not suggesting that all recipients of Tax Credits are workshy layabouts but the TC system is simply unsustainable.
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And just look at the records of those unelected persons, who voted against the cuts.
And just look at the records of those unelected persons, who voted against the cuts.
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