Anna B Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) TV prog: Panorama 8.30pm Monday 30th July 2018 (Tonight, starts in 10 minutes.) 'Get Rich or Die Young.' Might be interesting. Edited July 30, 2018 by Anna B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Is that the pesky BBC ,that cannot be trusted ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewalk Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Is that the pesky BBC ,that cannot be trusted ? Who can you trust ? How do you decide who to believe or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 TV prog: Panorama 8.30pm Monday 30th July 2018 (Tonight, starts in 10 minutes.) 'Get Rich or Die Young.' Might be interesting. Very depressing viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Very depressing viewing. Is the BBC to be trusted on this for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Is the BBC to be trusted on this for some reason? Yes :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Very depressing viewing. Yes I agree it was very depressing. Very depressing to see so many people failing to take any responsibility for themselves. Very depressing to see so many grown adults looking for excuses and blaming everyone and anything for their own failures. Very depressing that another emotive and sensationalised programme has been made desprately trying to find some tenuous link between self inflicted conditions and poor lifestyle choices and so called "poverty". What a paradox. in the third world poverty is people starving to death with no money and no food. 50 years ago families deemed on the "breadline" were people who hardly had enough scraps in the pantry to prepare a meal of bread and dripping. Cut to 2018 and "poverty" is allegedly someone who manages to buy 50 cigs a day, 2 bottles of spirts and enough food for them to be declared clinically obese. Not buying it. Too may other factors involved creating this world of alleged "poverty" than has been shown in this tabloid level woe is me broadcast. Edited July 31, 2018 by ECCOnoob Typing correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I agree. And with work pensions becoming increasingly under threat / unreliable, I wonder where it's going to end. I would also add to that, by saying the carer's allowance of approx £60 a week for often very difficult care of a loved one 24/7, is nothing short of an insult. Especially when you think how much the state charges for often inferior care. The Carer's Allowance stops once the State Pension is paid. Younger people may be unaware of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Has Anna entirely stopped responding to points about the ONS report, now that people have actually read it and it doesn't say what she thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Anna, Do ypou mean this one...? https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/articles/makingendsmeetarehouseholdslivingbeyondtheirmeans/2018-07-26 This one? https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/theeffectsoftaxesandbenefitsonhouseholdincome/financialyearending2017 This? https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/datasets/economicwellbeingreferencetablesummaryoffigures or? https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/theeffectsoftaxesandbenefitsonhouseholdincome/financialyearending2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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