First-World Problems
Posted: November 19th, 2018, 12:48 pm
Some woman on the radio today. An example of how Universal Benefit is causing extreme hardship. Referred to the journos by some womens' charity (first red flag: why so many charities for women, but nothing for men with the same troubles)? Done all the usual - food banks mentioned. Most shocking revelation: she had taken money for sex (another option some of us don't have).
Then rather late in the interview, we hear what she spent that money on: putting petrol in her car! Come on Journos, come on charities, how the **** can you present a woman who runs a bloomin' car as being in poverty? All we now know is that she's got more money than sense! Much, much more money - unless the whole story is a fabrication and she has no real troubles at all.
I can believe there are problems with Universal Benefit. I find it hard to believe they're any worse than - or even as bad as - back in 2002/3 when I was last in real poverty. When one tank of petrol for a small car would've been six months of my food budget!
Then rather late in the interview, we hear what she spent that money on: putting petrol in her car! Come on Journos, come on charities, how the **** can you present a woman who runs a bloomin' car as being in poverty? All we now know is that she's got more money than sense! Much, much more money - unless the whole story is a fabrication and she has no real troubles at all.
I can believe there are problems with Universal Benefit. I find it hard to believe they're any worse than - or even as bad as - back in 2002/3 when I was last in real poverty. When one tank of petrol for a small car would've been six months of my food budget!