Reply #11: benefit levels in the UK aren't high enough to live off

[TheBaldyMan]

it's the big lie, everybody needs a sideline or be condemned to live way below the EU minimum decency threshold, compare these figures
Benefit level on Income support for single person £55 per week
EU minimum decency threshold estimate approx. £80 per week

There was a study done recently in the Channel Islands, a off-shore tax haven, that confirmed this gap. The reality for everyone dependant on welfare benefits in the UK is abject poverty with no prospect of the richest in the country being asked to re-contribute even a fraction of their many and continuing tax cuts dating from the '80s.

The myth of the UK being the most heavily taxed nation in Europe continues to this day. While flat rate taxes have their scope widened and hit the poorest hardest, tax concessions always benefit the richest most and have a welcome reception in the press.

It seems that the British want a universal coverage health system, welfare safety net, decent pensions and education system but any suggestion that this should be funded from a progressive income tax guarantees a united media assault on your political party.

The fat man's busy dancing but the poor man pays the band.