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How should the UK hungry be helped?
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostPopping the house price / rent bubble would be the best way to tackle this.
Then people's money would go further.
Clearly the use of food banks has increased with the increase in food banks, so the best way to reduce the dependence on food banks is to close them all down.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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What did 'poor' people do before food banks?
The underlying issues do not get addressed by inventing foodbanks. There are 3 things wrong with the whole concept of a foodbank:
1.It creates a dependency for those that use them.
2.It lets the authorities off the hook of providing a correct and more sustainable solution to the problems.
3. The rest of us think we've done our bit for society by lobbing a tin of beans in a bucket.
Give a man a fish, and all that.Comment
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Send them off to Romania and Bulgaria and have the welfare states of those countries sort them out. After all being in the EU they can't stop them coming inComment
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyBut it's not a bubble, so nothing to pop. Next idea?
HTB, a blind eye to BTL, QE, low IR, foreign investment, are all intended to artificially maintain the bubble. The gov could easily put breaks on - but it has not, and why? The fundamentals are rotten. Be in no doubt it is a bubble (particularly the SE) and will pop. But no UK governed wants to be in charge when it does, because it will destroy the economy. The economy is absolutely defined by the housing market. It's the blue whale in the room.
Reduce cost of living (mostly due to high house prices), reduce benefits, reduce UK debt, and hone our competitive edge.Comment
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The only way to solve the "Central London" problem is to ensure businesses setup outside of London, can't see that happening thoughIn Scooter we trustComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post4. I don't own a car. I use public transport. There's no excuse to own a car at the same time your using a food bank.
The poor people I know don't have Sky, smoke or frequent the boozer/bookies.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Buses don't work in the countryside? Planing your day is all it takes. Trouble with Brits in what used to be privilege is now necessity and we can't imagine without. It'll all end in tears.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostBuses don't work in the countryside? Planing your day is all it takes. Trouble with Brits in what used to be privilege is now necessity and we can't imagine without. It'll all end in tears.
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It genuinely upsets me how the privileged who post here have long since forgotten, or simply have no idea, how hard it is to operate with no money. Just remember that the national minimum wage is £6.50 per hour. If you're lucky enough to get a job and lucky enough to get one that pays 40 hours per week then you may just clear £230 per week. I doubt there's many on here who would accept that rate per day. And don't dare pretend that we somehow work harder, or simply deserve it more than "they" do.Last edited by vwdan; 8 December 2014, 13:13.Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostBuses don't work in the countryside? Planing your day is all it takes. Trouble with Brits in what used to be privilege is now necessity and we can't imagine without. It'll all end in tears.
One of my brother's who lives in the countryside decided to be "green" once. So he got on his local bus. It took him 1.5 hours to take him a trip that would take him 20 minutes driving. On the way back from his trip, which was visiting someone in his local hospital, he had to make sure he was on the bus before 6pm as that's when the buses stopped. There was also only one bus an hour.
Where I live in London if I want to visit someone in my local hospital I can walk. Even when I can't walk I have buses that run 24 hours a day to take me there. Even in the night there are at least 2 buses an hour."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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