Big Society.
- Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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26 June 2012 16:00180104BARRYW;
I'm sure the majority of people do take responsibility for there actions, a minority don't.
of course with your view of chucking 4 million on the dole and there being no jobs to replace them, we will see a downward trend.
Whilst i would share your view that no one should expect hand outs, there are those that struggle to survive.
it's sometimes a good eye opener when posters see for themselves how people are affected and then can give a balanced view, a good example is roger with his brother, where he has been hard hit by these cuts.
Every poster on here feels the benefits system needs sorting, and not many posters on here feel mr c will sort it, or have the bottle to sort it, or if he starts to, will he do a u turn?ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 26 June 2012 17:09180121Keith - lets be clear, I am not advocating chucking 4million on to the dole.
That may, or hopefully not, be the result of having to put right 13 years of Labour's ill-conceived fiscal policy. - 26 June 2012 17:14180123A learned missive from today's paper...
"David Cameron eschews a "culture of entitlement". But surely that is precisely what a liberal democracy is supposed to aspire to: a society in which we are entitled as citizens not only to vote and to freedom under the law, but - in the words of the universal declaration of human rights - to "security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability ... or other lack of livelihood", and to "work, to free choice of employment [and] to just and favourable conditions of work".
The idea of social security has effectively been banished (across the political spectrum) in favour of a language in which "welfare", far from being a celebrated ideal, has become a dirty word. Why should we not be able to expect a basic level of security over the course of our lives and to have access to decent jobs? The revelations about the plight of the "cliff-edge" households (Report, 19 June) demonstrate that work is no longer the best form of welfare. The problem is not a culture of entitlement, but a culture of exploitation and indifference to need.
Professor Hartley Dean
Co-editor, Journal of Social Policy"
Source...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/25/welfare-should-be-celebratedIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 26 June 2012 17:38180131would go along with most of that, everyone should have the opportunity to work, that is a basic right.
all we are seeing is the resurrection of the nasty party, just waiting for the first one to say "unemployment is a price worth paying".
maybe roger's brother should just be grateful and doff his cap whilst waiting for the economy to improve. - Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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26 June 2012 17:41180132EXACTLY MY POINT HOWARDALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 26 June 2012 17:52180139there are many different interpretations on what "big society" entails.
- Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
27 June 2012 11:16180228thats naughty howard
but i like it lol
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