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[whotheheckami]

I'm not sure what my feelings are about this article from the Daily Telegraph


Spotted in j_v_lynch's journal.

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[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

I liek the way your mind works. I'll have to let you organise my defence the next time I need to weasel out of something ;@)

[del-c.livejournal.com]

All joking aside—this, at root, is exactly and precisely what the Thatcherites are looking for when they propose to cut benefits for people who turn down degrading and underpaid work. They want personal services from an available working class at a cheap rate, and nothing makes them angrier than the thought that someone is getting their tax money to be able turn down a cruddy job until the tight bastards pay a decent wage.

So this is hardly an unexpected consequence of unemployment "reform". It's just a starker picture of "degrading and underpaid" than the usual options.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify something: "Thatcherites" = Blair and cronies?

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Thatcherites never went away; actually they didn't spring into existence with Thatcher. And yes, as Blair said (falsely) "we're all Thatcherites now", so he qualifies by self-identification.