Re: BENEFITS hmmmm
I agree that poverty isn't good for anyone...but there has been too much made of 'What's the government doing about it?'
There is too much reliance on other agencies, when people should take some responsibility for themselves.
With rights, go responsibilities but it appears that people do not want to be responsible for themselves.
And those who abuse the welfare system are cheats, and lazy.
Politicians do not control my thoughts. I have not lost the power of critical thinking, of observation of those who live in and around me.
If someone who is rich is looking for someone who will polish his/her parquet flooring...they are unlikely to get a Brit to do it...it is much more likely that someone from the Eastern Bloc, who actually wants to work will do it for them.
As to your last question - well, what do you think the answer would be?
To be empowered you need to want to contribute.
Reducing crime and tackling anti-social behaviour is not as simple as you would have us believe....it is a multi-faceted problem which needs a multi-faceted response.
As for poor people being so last century - the poor will always be with us...and poverty today isn't like the poverty of the last century...todays poverty is the poverty of ideals,aspirations and ethics......with a mobile phone in a tattooed hand
My answer is - You are asking far too many questions!
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The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
It will be destroyed by those who stand by and do Nothing.
(a paraphrase on a quote by Albert Einstein)
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