tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post9103269859794892841..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Thank God for the bishopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-5966675365245524022013-03-13T04:58:50.389-07:002013-03-13T04:58:50.389-07:00Have saving that pay interest ?
Have shares and ge...Have saving that pay interest ?<br />Have shares and get dividends ?<br />Buy things in shops ?<br />Pay for gas/electricity/TelCo ?<br /><br />Bar a few VAT exempt items, you pay tax every time you open your purse or receive any monies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-29295967647507250522013-03-12T14:58:34.754-07:002013-03-12T14:58:34.754-07:00You silly person. You divide society into tax-pay...You silly person. You divide society into tax-payers and welfare claimants, and don't understand that they can be the same at different times. historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-68888737382630965062013-03-12T12:31:34.419-07:002013-03-12T12:31:34.419-07:00Should this blog not be called, "Thank god fo...Should this blog not be called, "Thank god for all those tax payers". No tax payer; no welfare. Simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-33287363613908624172013-03-11T10:06:58.517-07:002013-03-11T10:06:58.517-07:00If the government is so concerned about the cost o...If the government is so concerned about the cost of social security in this country why don't they simply introduce caps on the rents that btl landlords can charge their tenants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-84946909811520802352013-03-11T06:57:13.558-07:002013-03-11T06:57:13.558-07:00... psst! don't mention the work programme. e...... psst! don't mention the work programme. even ids and hobo don't mention it these days! it doesn't even make it into their defensive briefing now, let alone provide them with a reflex sound-bite.Jeremy Corbyn (Parody)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14747514631230108679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-65422680436491725682013-03-11T05:31:03.779-07:002013-03-11T05:31:03.779-07:00What makes Justin Welby, The New Archbishop of Can...What makes Justin Welby, The New Archbishop of Cantebury's words more interesting perhaps is his business background. Welby comes from a business background and had worked in the oil industry for 11 years, including having an executive position. So he no doubt has some grasp on economics. Somewhat harder then for Smith and his ilk to say he (Welby)knows nothing of what he is on about.<br /><br />Smith may call himself a Christian. However, he is clearly a rigid ideologue first. He is rather like a scientist or researcher conducting an experiment who has the results written down long before the actual test results come in. And should those test results not match the original thinking, they'll be redone until they do!iMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-12966286104471779282013-03-11T04:26:32.866-07:002013-03-11T04:26:32.866-07:00Aunty Beeb are likely to cop it from IDS. They h...Aunty Beeb are likely to cop it from IDS. They have reported the Archbishop extensively but they haven’t breathed a word about the riposte from IDS. <br /><br />Last time IDS had one of his hissy fits, he screamed about Aunty Beeb, I believe. The general gist of his whinge was that he believes Aunty Beeb doesn’t lurve him enough. (Aunty Beeb doesn’t lurve him at all, as a matter of fact, but IDS can’t cope with emotional rejection, it seems.)<br /><br />Never mind, IDS. Welby has God, the Vatican and the Judges lined up on his own side of the Bear Garden. What does IDS have by way of lurving and loyal supporters? The Daily Mail. Finito. Not even dear old Aunty Beeb. It’s a hard life, isn’t it, Iain? <br /><br />Judinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-78161437485076831152013-03-11T04:14:57.151-07:002013-03-11T04:14:57.151-07:00You summarize the flaws in Duncain Smith's arg...You summarize the flaws in Duncain Smith's argument very well but let me add this:<br /><br />Most people who are claiming JSA or any other kind of benefit will have paid into the system via National Insurance and PAYE income tax i.e. they are FULLY ENTITLED to claim social security.<br /><br />Furthermore, Smith's argument that because real wages are falling it is 'fair' that benefits are cut is DELIBERATELY misleading because benefits such as JSA are set at a very low rate i.e. any fall will hit them RELATIVELY much harder.<br /><br />The reason they are claiming social secutity, whether it be JSA or Working Tax Credit, is because they are either out-of-work or they are being paid minimum wage. This is not their fault but the fault of successive governments to properly tackle unemployment and the fall in real wages since the 1970's.<br /><br />Much of what Smith says is right-wing posturing but the danager is there and we need to be vigilent. The parallels between now and the rise of 1930's facism are clear. <br /><br />If the Welfare State was dismantled the implications for EVERYBODY would be terrible.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-14449000224741658232013-03-11T04:09:43.941-07:002013-03-11T04:09:43.941-07:00I'm not a religious person but I nevertheless ...I'm not a religious person but I nevertheless welcome this intervention by the church - and not just any old church but the church of the establishment. Better late than never I suppose! Let's hope that what they lack in punctuality they make up for with the vehemence of their actions and words.<br />I am reminded of an ancient Arabic proverb: My enemy's enemy is my friend.Gissajobnoreply@blogger.com