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**Chris** · 02-04-2013, 18:33

That's because some posters are making an issue out of other people being rich and privileged, instead of discussing whether the benefits reforms are correct in the context of the economic situation and the stated policy aim of making it more worthwhile for those that can work, to work. Arthur and Mertle are good examples of two posters who have made an issue out of the rich, although IMO Mertle does it rather more intelligently. He makes an argument for a socialist approach to wealth redistribution, which is well made even though I believe his premise is fundamentally flawed.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,135	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged. That's because some posters are making an issue out of other people being rich and privileged, instead of discussing whether the benefits reforms are correct in the context of the economic situation and the stated policy aim of making it more worthwhile for those that can work, to work. Arthur and Mertle are good examples of two posters who have made an issue out of the rich, although IMO Mertle does it rather more intelligently. He makes an argument for a socialist approach to wealth redistribution, which is well made even though I believe his premise is fundamentally flawed.