TINA was crap when it was first said and it's crap now. Don't believe that austerity for the poor is the answer. The answer is a modest redistribution of wealth.
We've run out of rich people, as we've been doing that for too long.
So the next step is to "encourage" those who can work to do so, and the way to do that is to cut the benefits of those who refuse for reasons that aren't really valid. And put a cap on the maximum amount of benefits a household had claim.
Totally agree... I think some folks don't actually know or understand the actual meaning of the words "benefit", "support", "allowance" etc .. and confuse them with the term "right"
........and whilst we are on the subject of benefits..............where is Farage and UKIP on this? There has been silence from what I suspect is nothing but a one trick party who cannot apply themselves to actual policies and comment on situations that are close to home, and have not entered the fray on what is a crucial subject for hundreds of thousands. All they can comment about is the EU, and that is not what we need. I find that very disappointing.
Is anyone going to answer me on my comments about UKIP? Or have the many UKIP supporters suddenly been stuck silent by facts? 
No, some of us have work to do.
Anyhow, here is Star Etheridge speaking on disablility to the UKIP conference in March. I haven't watched it all...as I say, I have work to do.
http://www.ukip.tv/?p=3847
What does that mean Nick? 
Do you think none of us work to?
You write and write about so much obviously using your valuable time, but when challenged you come out with that type of statement!!
As I have said before it is easy to copy and paste links and spout off on your specialised subjects, but when somebody asks a sensible question you go all defensive!
I give up! I am certainly going to be too busy working to get involved with your threads again!
I'm sorry if I offended you, Lizzie, it was not my intention. 
Yes, I have been busy this afternoon, but your comment "a one trick party who cannot apply themselves to actual policies" actually irritated me a bit as I have several times on here given the link to UKIP's main manifesto (there is also a special 2013 Local Council Election manifesto on the same site). UKIP are not a one-trick party and have a number of very attractive policies (e.g. flat-rate taxation, abolition of the Climate Change Act, etc., etc.). Given that they do not have the wealth of the other mainstream parties, they cannot call upon the usual squadron of SpAds and PR machinery to react instantly to each and every headline on a daily basis.
www.ukip.org
Thanks Nick, and I am sorry for snapping at you as I do!
It is just this subject probably winds me up so much as daily I am witnessing the heartache and consequences of bad policy by a Conservative Government (YES, and I am a Conservative!
) who are determined to dismantle the Welfare State, including the NHS, that so many of our ancestors bitterly fought for in either mass protest groups, like the Chartists, and then during two World Wars that should have given us a State away from the previous elitism. My socialist principles detest what Cameron is doing, but I am struggling to find a
realistic political alternative that will give the people what we need. If only Labour did not have the record they have, and UKIP could really convince me that they can cope with running this country without making the situation worse!
We need a new approach, by A strong political leader who can be trusted to not bungle everything, and really implement a policy to support our citizens and not beat them over the head!
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