4 Things Politicians Will Never Understand About Poor People

[sammason]

With thanks to howlin_wolf_66, here's a blog post debunking some of the myths about welfare cheats.

Comments

[ammos]

Oh how I appreciate that post. I honestly think that politicians should be made to live at least say 6 months no access to savings on what they say is the minimum amount we need to live on and then see how policies would change.

[lilacsigil]

Exactly! It's generally enough to live on as long as there's no emergency expenses...and of course there's always emergency expenses.

[crankst_girl]

I get really annoyed with bbc1's 'saint's and scroungers'* programme where they pit the deserving poor and disabled (gawd bless'um) on welfare vs benefit cheats. A much more representative programme would feature people under-claiming benefits vs tax dodgers and mp's expense manipulators.

Anyone else think prescription charge should be less than the minimum wage?

*Just to be clear, I don't watch it, I am just irked by its existence.

[sammason]

I don't watch that programme either, in fact, I'd not heard of it until now. And I'm not tempted. Blimmin 'eck, Auntie Beeb can do better than this.

[crankst_girl]

She's gotten awfully blue - and I don't mean her language! ;)