Darth Vader Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 So on the late BBC news tonight, the BBC refer to the Conservatives' plans to remove Housing Benefit for the Under 25's repeatedly as a 'Crackdown on Welfare'. You crackdown on Crime, you don't 'crackdown' on welfare. Welfare recipients are not criminals. Under 25's who have to rely on housing benefit are not criminals. The disabled and dying are not criminals. The Unemployed are not criminals. It seems like the BBC is slowly disappearing up its own hugely overpaid ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 plenty on here would see it as a crackdown? people who dont support the bbc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 You can crack down on anything. I don't understand what your complaint is supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 You can crack down on anything. I don't understand what your complaint is supposed to be. he prolly gets housing benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I commented about that to the missus. The terminology seemed a bit strange. We'll have to see what the actual proposal is, how they word it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 You can crack down on anything. I don't understand what your complaint is supposed to be. If it's a targeted crackdown on abuse of the system that would be welcome. If they are trying to portray all under-25 recipients of the benefit as somehow abusing the system that would be out of order. And it would make them look even more out of touch at a time when opportunities for the under-25s are pretty lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Edd Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 They should crackdown on tax thieves before hitting the poorest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlepup Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 If it's a targeted crackdown on abuse of the system that would be welcome. If they are trying to portray all under-25 recipients of the benefit as somehow abusing the system that would be out of order. And it would make them look even more out of touch at a time when opportunities for the under-25s are pretty lacking. I agree. There was something in the proposal about cracking down on people who refuse to look for a job properly when on JSA, eg refusing to produce a CV and that I can agree with, cracking down on people who are not looking for work and actually abusing the system. But denying people the abilty to have a home if they are not working purely because of their age is downright wrong. You can't blanket say people are abusing the system purely because of their age and that they 'should be with their parents'. They're doing nothing wrong by claiming these benefits, the cut off age for 'should be with your parents' is the age before people are expected to work. If you are old enough to work and pay tax you're old enough to receive benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 he prolly gets housing benefit? Are we only supposed to speak out against things that directly effect us? Here's a link for you. http://remember.org/witness/links.let.niem.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 I agree. There was something in the proposal about cracking down on people who refuse to look for a job properly when on JSA, eg refusing to produce a CV and that I can agree with, cracking down on people who are not looking for work and actually abusing the system. But denying people the abilty to have a home if they are not working purely because of their age is downright wrong. You can't blanket say people are abusing the system purely because of their age and that they 'should be with their parents'. They're doing nothing wrong by claiming these benefits, the cut off age for 'should be with your parents' is the age before people are expected to work. If you are old enough to work and pay tax you're old enough to receive benefits. Absolutely. AND if you're old enough to have kids of your own legally, and get married, surely, that should feature somewhere in the government's reasoning as regards housing benefit! Or are they going to change that too?! Maybe the Under 25's, as they tend to be the lowest paid, should then, not have to pay tax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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