Regressive Policies - Poorest will lose 10% - Fair?

[SirGalahad]

https://www.theguardian.com/society...isabled-austerity-report-tax-benefits-reforms

Equalities watchdog says Tory tax and benefit reforms over seven years will slash incomes of poorest by 10%, while richest only lose 1%

Not sure where the Government is going with these policies.

 

[transam]

https://www.theguardian.com/society...isabled-austerity-report-tax-benefits-reforms

Equalities watchdog says Tory tax and benefit reforms over seven years will slash incomes of poorest by 10%, while richest only lose 1%

Not sure where the Government is going with these policies.

So the rich get richer & the poor get poorer ??

whats new ?

 

[SirGalahad]

So the rich get richer & the poor get poorer ??

whats new ?

It's not sustainable.

 

[^woody^]

Perhaps benefit reforms are to reform benefit claimants off benefits and into a contributing supporting yourself type of lifestyle?

Just perhaps.

There is always a big fuss about benefit claimants losing money, and the fact that most benefits are meant to be a temporary support not a lifestyle choice is often lost.

 

[Notch7]

The difficulty is differentiating between those people that dont work but potentially could and those people that genuinely cant work.

In a fair responsible society, those people that cant work should not be made to suffer as collateral damage by trying to be tough on benefit fraud.

Neither should tackling benefit fraud be used as an excuse to cut benefits across the system.

 

[Ian H]

The difficulty is differentiating between those people that dont work but potentially could and those people that genuinely cant work.

I would find that easy.

 

[^woody^]

And if you can't afford kids, stop bloody knocking them out.

 

[Doggit]

Ah, but they can stay on benefits till the youngest child is three, so they'll keep knocking them out even if they can't afford them. Better to be broke and whinging than having to work.

 

[Roger928]

It's not sustainable.

We'll be paying over £40 billion servicing debts this year...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...debt-cost-taxpayers-520-BILLION-interest.html

Do you think that's sustainable?
How many future generations have to be destroyed with debt and war just to placate the greed of the current one?

 

[JohnD]

And Theresa paid a billion of our money just to buy the votes of the DUP to prop up her minority government

 

[motorbiking]

pretty sure the money was for northern ireland not the DUP

 

[Notch7]

And Theresa paid a billion of our money just to buy the votes of the DUP to prop up her minority government

Labour would have done exactly the same, if they had had the chance of a minority government, so you can stop spouting that carp

 

[^woody^]

And Theresa paid a billion of our money just to buy the votes of the DUP to prop up her minority government

Surely your Googling discovered that nothing has been paid?

And you can't be so thick not to realise that this type of thing goes on every day in politics, whatever the party.

 

[JohnD]

Sweet to see the RWRs trying to make excuses for theresa.

 

[Notch7]

Sweet to see the RWRs trying to make excuses for theresa.

Labour would have done an equivalent deal, if they had got enough votes.....which they didnt.