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Topic History of: bedroom tax
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
In The Know wrote:
JK2006 wrote:
Instinctively I feel this is wrong; a typical example of an idea that sounds fine until you look into it when anyone can see it isn't fair and doesn't work in practice.
The something-for-nothing society would have as many bedrooms as they want if they cost them nothing !
It seems to be working fine in the East Midlands -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23248048
These people should be grateful for the (FREE !) assistance that they are given - after all, its these same people (voting for Labour) that caused all the overspend (and cuts) in the first place !!!
People who dont contribute to society should have no part in the voting process.
Do you mean contribute financially or socially? Almost everyone can make a difference in some way, even if it isnt financially, and some people dont contribute financially but are not taking anything either. Why shouldn't these people vote? |
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In The Know |
JK2006 wrote:
Instinctively I feel this is wrong; a typical example of an idea that sounds fine until you look into it when anyone can see it isn't fair and doesn't work in practice.
The something-for-nothing society would have as many bedrooms as they want if they cost them nothing !
It seems to be working fine in the East Midlands -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23248048
These people should be grateful for the (FREE !) assistance that they are given - after all, its these same people (voting for Labour) that caused all the overspend (and cuts) in the first place !!!
People who dont contribute to society should have no part in the voting process. |
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david |
Apologies for forgetting the link to the Channel 4 Fact Check piece above.
Here it is:
blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-c...oom-tax-detail/13885 |
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david |
Channel 4 News Fact Check: 'Cameron Wrong Again on Bedroom Tax Detail'
“Anyone who needs to have a carer sleeping in another bedroom is exempt from the spare room subsidy.”
David Cameron, 10 July 2013
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The Prime Minister has slipped up on the details before, as we found in an earlier FactCheck. Today he was accused of getting it wrong again in response to awkward questions about the plight of disabled claimants and the partners who care for them.
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Mr Cameron is guilty, not for the first time, of exaggerating the built-in protections for the most vulnerable claimants. People who use a spare room to store medical equipment or for the occasional accommodation of an overnight carer are not protected.
Carers who look after a spouse or partner but need to sleep in a separate room are also not exempt from the “bedroom tax”."
If the Prime Minister hasn't a clue about his own policies, and makes blatantly untrue statements in parliament, then what hope is there for the rest of us? Incompetent or disingenous? |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
andrew wrote:
What is fair in life ?
If it is ok for it to not be fair then you might as well say it to the people in overcrowded accommodation and not bother at all.
Surely the supposed (in a pigs ear!) point of it was fairness? |
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