I read the abstract. Ill give it a proper read shortly.
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Often thought that the Economy would get a greater boost by giving poor people extra cash than rich.
There are obvious challenges, whether due to language problems, lack of awareness of how things work, no network to tap into for work, credentials that aren't recognised, and, of course, the difficulties associated with any trauma they may have experienced, but we're not generally speaking about people who don't want to work and lead a normal life. Personally speaking, I'd rather we spent that £1.5bn a year helping to overcome those hurdles rather than treating those looking for a bit of help like they're criminals.
Someone made a decision and it appears a means to pressurize an already stressed set of individuals, by that I mean to prevent these people from working at the same time as starving them (I realize these people are being fed), which leads to desperation, and desperate people do desperate things. I wonder, when there are difficulties, and frustrations and occasional bad behaviour, is that the plan of the 'bravermans' of this world paying off as its another police charge, another headline, another chance to ram home how tough they can look to their core vote.
[aside: I also wonder how many british backed RAF guided/trained/involved attacks by the saudis have resulted in 'illegal' Yemenis turning up on our shores looking for respite and safety]
@ForeverBlue92 and other "all lives matter" scruffs will also be pleased to learn that low-income men tend to spend more of the income they do have than low-income women, so should probably be particularly supported.
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Tells you something about our nation that you have to worry about offending racists to win an election.
My point was the system doesn't allow those who can/want to contribute to do so.
I remember a guy from Syria who was an executive of a building company. Highly skilled, highly intelligent. Could speak English, regularly worked with international clients, negotiated on multi million pound deals.
Wasn't allowed to work, had to report to case handler each week, deal with a system that was completely inadequate and treated him as something to be processed.
As you rightly say, I don't see how the current system can justify the approach in these circumstances. Everything is engineered towards creating poor outcomes.
This is the problem that comes from Labour trying to ‘appeal to centrists’ the central argument shifts further right. You don’t see the tories trying to do this. This is why we now have the whoppers we have in charge now. The long term effects come further down the line.
Labour should concentrate on its core values of trying to appeal to and protect the most vulnerable and less well off. The idea that they should appeal to ‘centrists’ is a fallacy perpetuated by the likes of Foreverblurt. No chance they could tell you what makes their policies centrist of left wing. It’s Murdoch that tells them.
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Although he isn't credited Chicago is the academic home of Steven Levitt who I'd expect would poke holes in the merits of trickle down economics given the focus of his research on the lower end of the socio-economic scale.
She makes me think of Clayton Bigsby, for some reason.
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Surely the current home secretary and chancellor are offensive to the same racists. For me, also about wealth and economic class, certainly at policy level.
Look how fired up that horrible gamonlike pig fondling creep is to rip the first banner away
I would love to drop kick this Theresa Coffey right in the grid…. Vile lump of fat and skin
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