cantata wrote:
btw, wub: I realise now that you didn't mean YOU were angry, but Osbourne was claiming he was angry at himself over his past actions. But that's obviously because the prevailing wind has changed and his has to cover his backside somehow. A bit of rhetoric and lying usually works, they've found out.
Vile creatures. Quick to grab it; faster to snatch it off someone else. And all of these twonks who are calling for the end of the benefit system are such fools! Somewhere up ahead is the end (as they currently know it) for themselves or their own - and there will be little in place to help them.
I suppose these "supporters" of benefit destruction think.... what?
... that less will be taken from their salaries?
Non. The money will still be garnered just as it is, and will go into the politicians' coffers, ta-very-nicely.
The great danger of the I'm Alright Jack type of society - who genuinely believe it doesn't apply to them or theirs and never will (
) and that their dear masters will let them keep more (
).
It's coming to them too. sooner than they know, unless we get these greedy pigs away from the public trough.
That's okay, I obviously haven't made it as clear as I should have! I'm going to change the title!
Actually, the scary thing about this is that Osborne has said that he's "in tune" with "the great majority of the country" on this issue. He's right. I was actually saying to someone a few months ago that they should just come straight out and promote the decimation of the welfare state, promote workfare. You can use the lamest rhetoric imaginable and people will support it because they've been trained to do so. You just need a few little soundbite phrases like 'family', 'hard working', 'taxpayer' and 'fair', and pretty soon the majority of people will be on your side. The Mail and the Sun (and to a lesser extent the Torygraph) have been doing their dirty work for years. People are already conditioned to see benefit claimants in the stereotypical fashion that is beneficial to the upper echelons of society, who, of course, want to see as many people on benefit as possible as it means more dependency and more power for them, even though they always claim the opposite!
I've actually been in a room with people while they're discussing this subject, and because I know them well I've been able to say: "Hold on a second. Hands up anyone that's worked for the department that administrates benefit. Right. I'm the only person here that knows anything about this whatsoever, so you can listen to me for a bit...". Bit arrogant, but there you go, that's me! But even then, even after I've pointed this out and explained the issue to them, they still want to stick to the same opinion, they congnitively resent me actually confronting them with reality. That's the level of social conditioning that you're dealing with.
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Any more potential solutions you can come up with will be gratefully received! 
