[Margaret Pilkington]

My point was...when you are poor, it is up to you to do what you can to lift yourself. You focus on what will help you...regardless of what anyone else is doing...you do not stop and compare yourself or your situation to that of others - that is taking your eye of your goal.
You train to do something, you work at anything......it is useless to use your energies to rail against whatever government is in power, until you have done the first two things...once you have got yourself a job or training and attained some sort of stability...then and only then cany you afford to concentrate on attempting to alter the political stance...although having said that The political parties(all of them) seem to hold the voters in flagrant disregard.