It is happening before our very eyes...
Are we all too caught up in our little world to see?
I came across this article from the site: Carer Watch.com about the governments welfare reforms. At first the articles suggest that our government has lost control of the benefits system..NO THEY HAVE NOT!!!
We are going to see a repeat of 1997 when there was a change of government. When Labour swept to power that year, the Jobs Seekers Allowance was surely going to be the first thing that they would abolish as it was evil. No it carried on and got tougher. The war against the unemployed, the sick and vulnerable continued. Now this government's time is almost over, after the damage cause by years of Tory government, we will be going back to it again and they are already planning the final nail in the coffin of the benefits system.
Please read the article below from the above site, extracted from the Guardian on 4th August 2009.
Labour softened up the Welfare State - took all status and dignity from claimants - now the Tories are planning the end of the national Welfare State and will hand it all over to councils and look the other way when councils won’t/can’t find the money.
Patrick Wintour, political editor guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday 4 August 2009 22.02
Leaders of Tory local government are considering handing control of welfare benefit levels to councils so they can reflect local market conditions.
David Cameron has signalled a willingness to break up what he describes as the quango state, and give power to accountable local government, but he has been reluctant to be specific about what kind of savings he could make in his bid to cut the deficit.
(not a mention of taxing the stinking rich...pick on the poor and vulnerable again!)
Conservative local government leaders are more willing to be explicit about possible savings and some of the shadow treasury team believe local councils should be given their head to introduce reforms.
The Conservative leader of Kent county council, Paul Carter, is working with other south-east county leaders on plans for a transfer of responsibility from quangos, such as the Regional Development Agencies, the Highways Agency, Learning and Skills Council and the Homes and Communities Agency to county councils and sub-regions.
(mark my words...unemployed people who are claiming benefits for a certain period of time will be working for their benefits)
Proposals to take responsibility for setting benefit rates from the Department for Work and Pensions have been made by Essex county council, run by Lord Hanningfield, the Conservative business spokesman in the Lords and one of the most prominent figures in Conservative local government. In a paper tabled this week, the council proposed that councils be given powers to set eligibility criteria and payment rates for all working-age benefits within the county, including income support, job seeker’s allowance and employment support allowance.
Under this proposal, councils “would be able to decide who was eligible and for how much, instead of the crude, nationally set policies currently in use. Councils would be able to bring a much better understanding of local economic conditions to the setting of benefit rates, without adversely affecting the local labour market.”
(This is interesting, some places may pay higher benefits than others...oh let me guess, the south of the country will be paid more than the north? Yet another reference to "slave labour")
It would be the first time since the second world war that basic benefit rates would be localised to this extent.
An Essex council spokesman said: “We would then be able to tackle local worklessness in response to the local market and in a way that is more consistent with other interventions we have made.”
("Worklessness" in other words long term sick and unemployed will be forced to work for their benefits, community service in disguise)
You must note that even though on the surface the government and the faces change but the system is always the same. This government isd paving the way for the next government to take the will of those who rule behind it to the next sphere of tyrrany.
If you tolerate this then your children will be next...you have all been warned!
Love, Peace and Respect to you all :)
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