My Good Old Mums Response To The Budget

[nicebloke1]

Just spoken to mum, bearing in mind she was born in the 20s, in 4 months time she will be 104 years young. What did she say? Its about time the purse strings were tightened. Keep on giving and you keep wanting alive. By giving no one learns to stand on their own to feet and sooner or later become useless. :0))

[naomi24]

What benefits have been scrapped?

[bednobs]

well if you believe people on here the WFA withdrawal will cause millions of pensioners hardship

[naomi24]

They did that before the budget.  

[Spungle]

"Its about time the purse strings were tightened. Keep on giving and you keep wanting alive. By giving no one learns to stand on their own to feet and sooner or later become useless."   Tell that to Rachel Reeves, who has just decide to tax and spend and borrow her way into the history books.

[davebro3]

tightening the purse strings = austerity

How come Labour have been vehemently against it for the last 14 years?

[davebro3]

BTW - I don't think I will be taking financial / economic advice from a 104 year old however sharp she might be!

[nicebloke1]

13.34. You have no idea or anyone else on here know what hardship means, and I doubt you ever will now,  or during the rest of your life.

[Spungle]

^Patronising guff

[newmodarmy]

//Keep on giving and you keep wanting alive. By giving no one learns to stand on their own to feet and sooner or later become useless. :0))//

I take it, then that you and she would also believe we should discourage/stop the use of food banks, child benefit, universal credit for those out of work or in low paid/part time jobs.  

I agree with untitled- you are not a lefty at all.

[bhg481]

nicebloke  - you haven't a clue what hardship some of us have lived through and survived. How does cycling 20 miles to save 1d on a bag of sugar and repairing my shoe soles with gaffer tape grab you after a sudden downturn in income?

[nicebloke1]

14.57. Done all that me old china, glad you had a bike, I walked, glad you could afford the tape and the sugar. See what I mean, still no idea.

[newmodarmy]

//See what I mean, still no idea.//

I admire your honesty and your self-deprecating humour, but don't put yourself down so much- you do sometimes make some valid points nicebloke1.

[bhg481]

I repaired the shoes at work.

[nicebloke1]

Wow a job also.^^

[bhg481]

The relevance of having a job is?

[nicebloke1]

Easy, you've not suffered hardship.^^

[ToraToraTora]

looxury, we used to get up 2 hours before we went to bed, licked road clean with us tongues. Dad used to beat us to sleep. At christmas we ad a bowl of warm gravel! You kids today.....etc

[nicebloke1]

Are you chewing a brick at this moment in time TTT. Because thats what you sound like your doing.

[bednobs]

in all honesty, people's responses change  whatever  "side" is doing the thing.

if this had been a conservative budget, the most vociferous in decrying it would have been the staunchest defenders, but the same visa versa.

Take the WFA as an example.  If the cons had done that, labour supporters wouls have been screaming about it, and the more right leaning people would have said, well, we only need to give it to those in need, and we need to recover from covid.  you know, those people who now seem to be telling me that millions of pensioners will freeze to death.  

Take rioting.  I read a v interesting thread from 2011, where "certain" ABers were happy about the big sentence sgiven to rioters then.  Now the very same people (because they agree with the rioters cause perhaps?) are saying it's dreadful sentences are so big.  As i say, peoples views change.

 

 

[bednobs]

incidentally i cant seem to make the link work, but not only does TTT crow about the long sentences given to people who incited rioting on FB, but several people of the other end of the spectrum (the ones who are happy with the recent sentences) are saying they dont agree with the long sentences.  We are all biased! https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1047961.html