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David Cameron to urge debate on welfare pay-outs
David Cameron is set to call for a wider debate about welfare, arguing the current system promotes a "something for nothing" culture of entitlement.
In a speech in Kent, the prime minister will say that many of his ideas for change are for the next Conservative manifesto not the coalition government.
He will say the system is encouraging working-age people to have children but not work - making taxpayers resentful.
One of the ideas he is considering is removing housing benefit for under-25s.
In a speech in Kent, the prime minister will say that many of his ideas for change are for the next Conservative manifesto not the coalition government.
He will say the system is encouraging working-age people to have children but not work - making taxpayers resentful.
One of the ideas he is considering is removing housing benefit for under-25s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18575453
Should I remind all of you that the UK is sinking further into recession?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/24/uk-economy-contracted-2012
But yup, we most blame the poor and go on a diet and share common sacrifice...
After all, we all know it works... really.
Just ask Paul Ryan in the US... or for that matter PM Cameron in England, or Angela Merkel in Germany... anybody noticing a pattern now?
