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This isn't about replacing Benefits with vouchers, it's about giving vouchers in specific cases of hardship instead of cash (I wasn't aware of any of the schemes they mention though).
It sounds more like a council-sponsored take on FoodBank to me?
I think that this is a disgusting idea. Just because *some* people spend benefit money on booze and fags does not mean that all do. So, we're going to give a kicking to honest Jo who hasn't done anything wrong but finds himself out of work because someone else is feckless?
I don't see any difference between this and the suggestion that because *some* people cheat on their taxes, all monies should be paid directly to HMRC and HMRC will then decide who deserves to get what.
Yes, having read a proper article (not from the Wail) on them, the argument for their use is more balanced. I still think that they are the thin end of the wedge though. But it's not as bad as I initially thought.
Years ago, they used to issue milk tokens for parents with young children. The local corner shop happily exchanged them for fags. I'm sure that hasn't changed.
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