Victory Declared in War on Poverty!

[Sundae]

Jobs are hard to find right now.
I'm not excusing people who have been on benefits since they left school - seems to me there must have been something, somewhere they could have done.

But right here & now, even relevant experience and being willing to work for peanuts isn't enough.

And any politician who doesn't know this needs a smack upside the chops.

I don't qualify for free prescriptions, but at least I only have to pay £14.80 every other month for my drugs (anti-depressants and GORD). And nothing for contraception or if I need to go to hospital - emergency or otherwise.

[anonymous]

Originally Posted by classicman

No harm, no foul.

Actually, I think SamIam deserves an apology for that rude behavior

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Well, I thought it was fucking hilarious Sam :p

Did you see the Daily Show segment the other day about Fox news and their reports on how the "poor" are no longer really poor, to the extent that they now put the word in inverted comments every time they use it...because apparently most poor people have a fridge and a microwave? Awesome piece.

I hear the same thing here about the poor. Though as yet we're not downgrading them to the "poor".

Here's the linky-dink.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...?ref=fb&src=sp

[DanaC]

Oh marvellous! Thanks for that Spexx


My favourite line in the entire show, which sums up how I sometimes feel when I end up in a political discussion with people on the right of the American spectrum:

"You really have no f**king clue what Socialism is, do you?"

I swear to God if I have one more person try to argue that Hitler's Third Reich was a failed experiment in socialism I will literally puke in their virtual face.

And even those of my friends on the conservative side of the fence over here (yes, there are one or two :P)would have a hard time reconciling Barack Obama with calls of socialism. Seriously bizarre the shit that gets labelled socialist.



[eta] dang :P can't watch the clips outside US. Still, it's a decent write up and I can always get the full ep via links *grins*

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Brianna

There was a Russian version of the Itchy and Scratchy cartoon only it was called Worker and Parasite.

I lol'd.

Prepare to lol again, if only in your beer, because it's back. In a number of instances, I've heard this description of the ongoing class warfare: It's the "Productive Class" versus the "Dependent Class". There will be more, not less, of this. I'm glad you can laugh. I hope I can learn to.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by classicman

nice. now I'm considered a huffy parasite.
Excellent. Mission accomplished

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by classicman

nice. now I'm considered a huffy parasite.
Excellent. Mission accomplished

Think of yourself as a Fluffy parasite. You'll feel much cuter.