Double Standards when it comes to "Fraud"

"We've done nothing wrong! This is the way it's always been!"

The cry that came from the House of Commons, when the MP's were found out about the over the top expenses claims that they were making. This is nothing new. This has been going on for years. So, the question is those that make the laws are as much the crooks as those who commit the crimes the set laws against.

I still have to admit to this day that I am surprised that people have not taken to the streets about the MP's expenses scandal. It makes me wonder what will it take for that to happen as it has been shown and quite clearly shown that these slimey, penny pinching bastards have been doing this for years and years and yet they have the Gaul to pass laws that incriminate "benefit cheats" who, if you look at it ethically have done the same thing, yet these MP's have yet to be prosecuted. It seems clear that us and them live in completely different worlds.

When you really break it down it is the person who is labelled "benefit cheat" who is justified in doing what he or she is doing and it can be said that this is a product of the "poverty trap" world that has been created for the working classes and those dependent on benefits.

Think about it...what incentive is there to work? For a a couple or a family, I believe that they would receive benefits (inclusive of housing/council tax benefit) that would come to around £200-250 per week. One of them is then expected to take a job on minimum wage and maybe be a few pounds better off per week. So what is the point? The only way around it is to "do a bit of this and a bit of that" and if caught, you are severely punished and publicly disgraced.

However; the world of the MP or politician is completely different. They are trying to convince us that they need not one but "two" homes and despite being found out, still there are no signs of any criminal charges been made against them. It can be argued that they have been publicly disgraced, but I am sure that "they will live" as it seems they all look after their own.

If you were to take it higher, even though I have no proof, it is quiet clear that there are massive corporate companies who are frauding billions and have done so for years.

The real victim in all is you. Does not matter if you work or not. You are the one whom the laws that have been laid down for...not them! These laws exist to divide communities, instill fear and also to some degree encourage such fraud, be it on such a small scale. We are being told that the crimes are against the "tax payer" yet the MP's did also steal from the "tax payer". In fact these "benefit thieves" are necessary to keep the stigma going. If they did not exist one of the methods to demonise the working classes would be gone. The government need them to "make an example of" and to stress that those who claim benefits (and that includes many who work also by claiming tax credits) are scum and a drain on the resources of the "good and respectable" people of this country.

So, all in all, once again we see an example of those in "high places" who have getting away with penny pinching, somehow not feeling the brunt of the law and those who are just trying to survive being paraded as scum of the nation. Also more disturbingly, we see our government who have seriously overspent during the "boom" times, take it out on the poorest of people by beginning a program of benefit reforms that is already pushing vulnerable people into deeper debt. I fear a return to the "workhouse culture" of the Victorian times.

What a land we live in. Great Britain is only great if you are wealthy or an immigrant.

Love, Peace and Respect to you all :)

The Road to Tyranny Continues

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 :)