Happy New Year. By the way….
Our leaders sure know how to put a dampener on things.
Labour to float “Tax before benefits” policy?
The Labour leader wants to shrug off his party’s ‘soft on spongers’ image with a major U-turn on his stance on the benefits system.
He will admit Labour blundered by not doing enough to combat the work-shy.
And he will say that people should get state handouts only if they have paid their taxes first.
I’m hopeful that this is just the mail making things up again, but not that hopeful. The erosion of universal benefits does nothing but drive wedges between parts of society - the deserving and undeserving, the needy and the greedy. The Coalition may have established this as an easy way to keep hold of the headlines in the post Murdoch media, but it’s the last thing Labour should be using to chase poll numbers. Happy New Year, though. Chin up.
Happy New Year. By the way….
Our leaders sure know how to put a dampener on things.
Labour to float “Tax before benefits” policy?
The Labour leader wants to shrug off his party’s ‘soft on spongers’ image with a major U-turn on his stance on the benefits system.
He will admit Labour blundered by not doing enough to combat the work-shy.
And he will say that people should get state handouts only if they have paid their taxes first.
I’m hopeful that this is just the mail making things up again, but not that hopeful. The erosion of universal benefits does nothing but drive wedges between parts of society - the deserving and undeserving, the needy and the greedy. The Coalition may have established this as an easy way to keep hold of the headlines in the post Murdoch media, but it’s the last thing Labour should be using to chase poll numbers. Happy New Year, though. Chin up.
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