View Single Post
Old 08-02-2015, 20:15   #91
Ignitionnet
Inactive
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Age: 47
Posts: 13,995
Ignitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny stars
Ignitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny starsIgnitionnet has a pair of shiny stars
Re: Osborne's 'Pensioner bonds' - bribing OAPs with everyone else's money

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kursk View Post
Well I don't agree with job seekers allowances, working tax credits, child benefit, housing benefit etc etc but I just have to suck it up. The welfare system has become a lifestyle choice. The £26k cap is more than a lot of people earn. And whilst we're at it all that DLA and the like needs reviewing.
While giving taxpayers' cash to people who can afford to save to boost their interest rates is fine, welfare in general to help out the poorest in society is bad, and allowances to help the disabled 'need reviewing'.

Not only giving taxpayers' cash to people who can afford to save, of course, but also restricting it to a single age group while attempting to pass it off as encouraging prudence and saving, as presumably a particular demographic need more encouragement.

It's an interesting point of view for sure.

Some might say a rather extreme and intensely unfair one.
Ignitionnet is offline   Reply With Quote