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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 18:47:50 GMT
Sorry to hear you hadn't the safety net of a Family to support you if needed at such a young age I presume with that stance you would abolish all Benefits as its money given for free without having to do anything to earn it. In this case part of a Pilot Project or they can just claim same amount on Univesal Credit. It was down to moving area predominantly as there was no work where I was living in the NE. I just think you make your own luck in this world and if you have the drive and support (not financial) you can do anything. I’m not academic (and dyslexic) but I don’t give up. Earning that first pay packet was huge and the satusfaction I got from “paying my way” down the pub was massive and wouldn’t have been the same if I hadn’t earnt it. I have no issue with supporting people coming from care but make them earn it. There’s plenty of jobs that arent filled plus it teaches the work ethic plus pride. You have a habit of answering a different question than the one asked So you did have a fall back if your plan went tits up You haven't said if you'd abolish all free money I.e. Benefits I agree with your overall premise that it will be of Benefit (no pun) to people to get a Job, encouraged and supported under this scheme. I find it strange that you don't recognise that someone coming from an institutionalised environment with no family support might need a bit of extra help ( not financial) to find their feet in Society. Especially as I understand you have some involvement with young people, apologies if I'm wrong.
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 18:50:36 GMT
It was down to moving area predominantly as there was no work where I was living in the NE. I just think you make your own luck in this world and if you have the drive and support (not financial) you can do anything. I’m not academic (and dyslexic) but I don’t give up. Earning that first pay packet was huge and the satusfaction I got from “paying my way” down the pub was massive and wouldn’t have been the same if I hadn’t earnt it. I have no issue with supporting people coming from care but make them earn it. There’s plenty of jobs that arent filled plus it teaches the work ethic plus pride. You have a habit of answering a different question than the one asked So you did have a fall back if your plan went tits up You haven't said if you'd abolish all free money I.e. Benefits I agree with your overall premise that it will be of Benefit (no pun) to people to get a Job, encouraged and supported under this scheme. I find it strange that you don't recognise that someone coming from an institutionalised environment with no family support might need a bit of extra help ( not financial) to find their feet in Society. Especially as I understand you have some involvement with young people, apologies if I'm wrong. I guess it depends on what you think the best support for someone young is. Giving them something or making them earn the reward.
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 18:58:58 GMT
You have a habit of answering a different question than the one asked So you did have a fall back if your plan went tits up You haven't said if you'd abolish all free money I.e. Benefits I agree with your overall premise that it will be of Benefit (no pun) to people to get a Job, encouraged and supported under this scheme. I find it strange that you don't recognise that someone coming from an institutionalised environment with no family support might need a bit of extra help ( not financial) to find their feet in Society. Especially as I understand you have some involvement with young people, apologies if I'm wrong. I guess it depends on what you think the best support for someone young is. Giving them something or making them earn the reward. Congratulations on not answering whether you would abolish all "Free Money"? Or whether you think someone coming out of Care might need to extra non financial help? It's already established under the current arrangements that there is no extra Financial Cost
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:04:15 GMT
I guess it depends on what you think the best support for someone young is. Giving them something or making them earn the reward. Congratulations on not answering whether you would abolish all "Free Money"? Or whether you think someone coming out of Care might need to extra non financial help? It's already established under the current arrangements that there is no extra Financial Cost You’re pretty good at not answering questions yourself too.
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Post by yeswilko on Apr 18, 2023 19:06:40 GMT
I guess it depends on what you think the best support for someone young is. Giving them something or making them earn the reward. Congratulations on not answering whether you would abolish all "Free Money"? Or whether you think someone coming out of Care might need to extra non financial help? It's already established under the current arrangements that there is no extra Financial Cost Doesn't like poor kids getting free money. Not seen any response to billionaire royal families getting free money.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2023 19:08:13 GMT
Congratulations on not answering whether you would abolish all "Free Money"? Or whether you think someone coming out of Care might need to extra non financial help? It's already established under the current arrangements that there is no extra Financial Cost Doesn't like poor kids getting free money. Not seen any response to billionaire royal families getting free money. Isn’t that what you wokies call “whataboutery”?
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:10:22 GMT
Congratulations on not answering whether you would abolish all "Free Money"? Or whether you think someone coming out of Care might need to extra non financial help? It's already established under the current arrangements that there is no extra Financial Cost You’re pretty good at not answering questions yourself too. Really? When? They are two very simple questions Yes or No to both is fine
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:12:39 GMT
about the dyslexia joke you made?
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:16:23 GMT
about the dyslexia joke you made? And your question was?
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:17:35 GMT
about the dyslexia joke you made? And your question was? How did you find it funny?
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:24:54 GMT
How did you find it funny? Perhaps I'm not as Woke as people accuse me of being, I also didn't see the question I wasn't aware at the time of your dyslexia, although I know several people with dyslexia who would not be offended If it caused you or anyone else on the MB offence I apologise Does that now allow you to answer the two questions? As I said Yes or No will be sufficient
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Post by gawa on Apr 18, 2023 19:29:45 GMT
Not targeting you BTW Cobham because you're raising good counter arguments. And others more centre or right leaning will have similar pov so you ain't alone. You know where I stand politically though and this is the sort of left wing scheme which I believe in. So just trying to argue my side. Like you said earlier though. It's the results which matter and will be interesting to see what comes out of this pilot in the long run. I guess I’ve just always had the attitude that you shouldn’t get something for nothing in this world and it just doesn’t sit comfortably with me that people should be gifted money for doing nothing as I’ve always had the attitude that money doesn’t grow on trees and you should earn it through hard work. I don’t think that’s such a bad thing or obscene to have that mentality. Maybe it’s my age. You're not alone in that attitude either and I agree to a degree with you. But this is where I think we focus too much on the word "free". There are many things which the wealthiest in society you could say get for much cheaper and it usually accounts to a much greater amount over the lifetime too: Case Study A - Third Level education. Born into wealth? Your parents pay £27k, education paid for. Let's assume they also provide £27k maintenance support. - Come out of uni earning 50k with salary increases in line with inflation. Have a student loan and maintenance loan of £54k. You'll pay £172k for your education before it's paid off. - The wealthy persons education costs £118k less over their life time. - Wealthy person technically gets 6x more money "free" over their life time from this privledge than the person getting 1.6k a month for 2 years. Source - www.moneysavingexpert.com/students/student-loans-tuition-fees-changes/Other examples: - Person on who lost job 2 months before pandemic. Gets what £400 a month universal credit? Couple earning 30k each get 5k a month when put on furlough and can also get another full time job on top of that to earn more. So those on furlough get £2100 "free" money more a month than the person who has worked their whole life and lost their job months earlier. - Buying houses is another example. I was looking at a 180k house which will cost around 360k after interest. Over my lifetime that home will cost more 180k more than the wealthiest who buy it to rent out. - The energy price guarantee freezes energy costs at a certain price per unit. - A swimming pool like Rishi uses 15KwH of energy to run just the swimming pool. - The average uk home uses 3KwH for all household appliances. - Let's imagine energy prices should be 50p/KwH but are capped at 35p/KwH. - Average home saves 45p/KwH. Sunak saves 225p/KwH. - Another example of how the wealthiest who tend to have the highest energy consumption are the ones which save the most money overall from the energy cap. - Just like Sunaks schemes in covid it isn't targeted towards the most vulnerable. And don't get me started on the tens of thousands saved by the wealthy from his stamp duty cuts during covid. I understand that some of the above such as interest rates and how it costs more is more a capitalist thing rather than this government. The post is more just my way of trying to highlight how the wealthiest in society tend to get everything cheapest too. And how alot of Sunaks schemes have very much given people free money for doing nothing and in alot of cases not the people who need it most. Also I'm not even sure if everything I said is necessarily 100% correct either. So please do correct me if I'm doing my sums wrong or my understanding of the Energy Price Guarantee is wrong. I think it's right but not sure. And these are just random examples from the top of my head where I feel an injustice. Another example could even be the new pension tax relief changes for this tax year. The annual tax relief has increased from 40k to a whopping 60k. If my maths is correct I think someone on the highest tax bracket (45%?) will save £9k a year from this change alone. That's £9k less per top tax bracketer going into the government's budget during a cost of living crisis when the health service has went to shit. I think this is why Sunak has been putting so much focus on maths till the age of 18. Because if we get our noses out of the daily mail and do the sums our selves then it shouldn't take the average man long to work out just how much they get mugged off by the tories and by late stage capitalism. Sorry if none of the above makes sense. Went off on a mad tangent here lads haha.
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Post by yeswilko on Apr 18, 2023 19:31:13 GMT
Doesn't like poor kids getting free money. Not seen any response to billionaire royal families getting free money. Isn’t that what you wokies call “whataboutery”? No Badge. It's called world class hypocrisy.
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:37:29 GMT
How did you find it funny? Perhaps I'm not as Woke as people accuse me of being, I also didn't see the question I wasn't aware at the time of your dyslexia, although I know several people with dyslexia who would not be offended If it caused you or anyone else on the MB offence I apologise Does that now allow you to answer the two questions? As I said Yes or No will be sufficient What about the homophobic element to it? I just finding making a joke out of a disability in bad taste. Maybe I’m going woke
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Post by gawa on Apr 18, 2023 19:44:12 GMT
It was down to moving area predominantly as there was no work where I was living in the NE. I just think you make your own luck in this world and if you have the drive and support (not financial) you can do anything. I’m not academic (and dyslexic) but I don’t give up. Earning that first pay packet was huge and the satusfaction I got from “paying my way” down the pub was massive and wouldn’t have been the same if I hadn’t earnt it. I have no issue with supporting people coming from care but make them earn it. There’s plenty of jobs that arent filled plus it teaches the work ethic plus pride. You may as well bang your head against a brick wall than convince these wokies that money is earned mate. I've worked from 12 years old you cheeky cnut. I must have been one of the last paper boys to exist! Do they exist anymore? Christmas used to be brilliant with all the old biddys giving you tips. Earned a fortune that time of year.
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:44:13 GMT
I guess I’ve just always had the attitude that you shouldn’t get something for nothing in this world and it just doesn’t sit comfortably with me that people should be gifted money for doing nothing as I’ve always had the attitude that money doesn’t grow on trees and you should earn it through hard work. I don’t think that’s such a bad thing or obscene to have that mentality. Maybe it’s my age. You're not alone in that attitude either and I agree to a degree with you. But this is where I think we focus too much on the word "free". There are many things which the wealthiest in society you could say get for much cheaper and it usually accounts to a much greater amount over the lifetime too: Case Study A - Third Level education. Born into wealth? Your parents pay £27k, education paid for. Let's assume they also provide £27k maintenance support. - Come out of uni earning 50k with salary increases in line with inflation. Have a student loan and maintenance loan of £54k. You'll pay £172k for your education before it's paid off. - The wealthy persons education costs £118k less over their life time. - Wealthy person technically gets 6x more money "free" over their life time from this privledge than the person getting 1.6k a month for 2 years. Source - www.moneysavingexpert.com/students/student-loans-tuition-fees-changes/Other examples: - Person on who lost job 2 months before pandemic. Gets what £400 a month universal credit? Couple earning 30k each get 5k a month when put on furlough and can also get another full time job on top of that to earn more. So those on furlough get £2100 "free" money more a month than the person who has worked their whole life and lost their job months earlier. - Buying houses is another example. I was looking at a 180k house which will cost around 360k after interest. Over my lifetime that home will cost more 180k more than the wealthiest who buy it to rent out. - The energy price guarantee freezes energy costs at a certain price per unit. - A swimming pool like Rishi uses 15KwH of energy to run just the swimming pool. - The average uk home uses 3KwH for all household appliances. - Let's imagine energy prices should be 50p/KwH but are capped at 35p/KwH. - Average home saves 45p/KwH. Sunak saves 225p/KwH. - Another example of how the wealthiest who tend to have the highest energy consumption are the ones which save the most money overall from the energy cap. - Just like Sunaks schemes in covid it isn't targeted towards the most vulnerable. And don't get me started on the tens of thousands saved by the wealthy from his stamp duty cuts during covid. I understand that some of the above such as interest rates and how it costs more is more a capitalist thing rather than this government. The post is more just my way of trying to highlight how the wealthiest in society tend to get everything cheapest too. And how alot of Sunaks schemes have very much given people free money for doing nothing and in alot of cases not the people who need it most. Also I'm not even sure if everything I said is necessarily 100% correct either. So please do correct me if I'm doing my sums wrong or my understanding of the Energy Price Guarantee is wrong. I think it's right but not sure. And these are just random examples from the top of my head where I feel an injustice. Another example could even be the new pension tax relief changes for this tax year. The annual tax relief has increased from 40k to a whopping 60k. If my maths is correct I think someone on the highest tax bracket (45%?) will save £9k a year from this change alone. That's £9k less per top tax bracketer going into the government's budget during a cost of living crisis when the health service has went to shit. I think this is why Sunak has been putting so much focus on maths till the age of 18. Because if we get our noses out of the daily mail and do the sums our selves then it shouldn't take the average man long to work out just how much they get mugged off by the tories and by late stage capitalism. Sorry if none of the above makes sense. Went off on a mad tangent here lads haha. A good argument well put. So what is the answer then? Surely people have to work hard to gain reward and the trappings that come from it. Clearly inherited wealth is different but there’s nothing wrong with a parent wanting the best for their kids. I do understand and agree with some of what you say though re buying a home it is unfair.
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:45:16 GMT
Perhaps I'm not as Woke as people accuse me of being, I also didn't see the question I wasn't aware at the time of your dyslexia, although I know several people with dyslexia who would not be offended If it caused you or anyone else on the MB offence I apologise Does that now allow you to answer the two questions? As I said Yes or No will be sufficient What about the homophobic element to it? There wasn't one
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 19:47:23 GMT
What about the homophobic element to it? There wasn't one I think you’ll find there was. It was something that related to being gay and dyslexic “Did you hear about a guy who refused to believe he was gay and dyslexic? He was in Daniel.” If my memory serves me right.
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:53:24 GMT
I think you’ll find there was. It was something that related to being gay and dyslexic “Did you hear about a guy who refused to believe he was gay and dyslexic? He was in Daniel.” If my memory serves me right. If you are suggesting that is Homophobic then you are suffering from an extreme form of Wokery Good deflection though from answering a simple question Bravo
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2023 19:54:14 GMT
You may as well bang your head against a brick wall than convince these wokies that money is earned mate. I've worked from 12 years old you cheeky cnut. I must have been one of the last paper boys to exist! Do they exist anymore? Christmas used to be brilliant with all the old biddys giving you tips. Earned a fortune that time of year. Bloody hell I’ve got some stories from paper rounds, some of those old folks would have been locked up these days👀
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2023 19:54:55 GMT
I think you’ll find there was. It was something that related to being gay and dyslexic “Did you hear about a guy who refused to believe he was gay and dyslexic? He was in Daniel.” If my memory serves me right. If you are suggesting that is Homophobic then you are suffering from an extreme form of Wokery Good deflection though from answering a simple question Bravo Poor form I’m afraid from you
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 19:57:09 GMT
If you are suggesting that is Homophobic then you are suffering from an extreme form of Wokery Good deflection though from answering a simple question Bravo Poor form I’m afraid from you In your opinion obviously
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2023 20:00:09 GMT
Poor form I’m afraid from you In your opinion obviously And many many others at the time
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 20:05:21 GMT
In your opinion obviously And many many others at the time If you say so
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2023 20:23:01 GMT
And many many others at the time If you say so Yes I do and it’s finally shut you up
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 20:24:52 GMT
I think you’ll find there was. It was something that related to being gay and dyslexic “Did you hear about a guy who refused to believe he was gay and dyslexic? He was in Daniel.” If my memory serves me right. If you are suggesting that is Homophobic then you are suffering from an extreme form of Wokery Good deflection though from answering a simple question Bravo But it’s funny that you’re usually very quick to judge on others. I’m sure if the boot was on the other foot you wouldn’t be so dismissive.
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 20:34:07 GMT
Yes I do and it’s finally shut you up Err it hadn't
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Post by wannabee on Apr 18, 2023 20:45:42 GMT
If you are suggesting that is Homophobic then you are suffering from an extreme form of Wokery Good deflection though from answering a simple question Bravo But it’s funny that you’re usually very quick to judge on others. I’m sure if the boot was on the other foot you wouldn’t be so dismissive. I simply give my opinions on different subjects on an open message board I don't take myself or others too seriously. I don't know the people making the comments and am very unlikely to meet them For all I know some posters are maybe WUMs Edit: Thanks for the Like by the way
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Post by gawa on Apr 18, 2023 20:52:03 GMT
You're not alone in that attitude either and I agree to a degree with you. But this is where I think we focus too much on the word "free". There are many things which the wealthiest in society you could say get for much cheaper and it usually accounts to a much greater amount over the lifetime too: Case Study A - Third Level education. Born into wealth? Your parents pay £27k, education paid for. Let's assume they also provide £27k maintenance support. - Come out of uni earning 50k with salary increases in line with inflation. Have a student loan and maintenance loan of £54k. You'll pay £172k for your education before it's paid off. - The wealthy persons education costs £118k less over their life time. - Wealthy person technically gets 6x more money "free" over their life time from this privledge than the person getting 1.6k a month for 2 years. Source - www.moneysavingexpert.com/students/student-loans-tuition-fees-changes/Other examples: - Person on who lost job 2 months before pandemic. Gets what £400 a month universal credit? Couple earning 30k each get 5k a month when put on furlough and can also get another full time job on top of that to earn more. So those on furlough get £2100 "free" money more a month than the person who has worked their whole life and lost their job months earlier. - Buying houses is another example. I was looking at a 180k house which will cost around 360k after interest. Over my lifetime that home will cost more 180k more than the wealthiest who buy it to rent out. - The energy price guarantee freezes energy costs at a certain price per unit. - A swimming pool like Rishi uses 15KwH of energy to run just the swimming pool. - The average uk home uses 3KwH for all household appliances. - Let's imagine energy prices should be 50p/KwH but are capped at 35p/KwH. - Average home saves 45p/KwH. Sunak saves 225p/KwH. - Another example of how the wealthiest who tend to have the highest energy consumption are the ones which save the most money overall from the energy cap. - Just like Sunaks schemes in covid it isn't targeted towards the most vulnerable. And don't get me started on the tens of thousands saved by the wealthy from his stamp duty cuts during covid. I understand that some of the above such as interest rates and how it costs more is more a capitalist thing rather than this government. The post is more just my way of trying to highlight how the wealthiest in society tend to get everything cheapest too. And how alot of Sunaks schemes have very much given people free money for doing nothing and in alot of cases not the people who need it most. Also I'm not even sure if everything I said is necessarily 100% correct either. So please do correct me if I'm doing my sums wrong or my understanding of the Energy Price Guarantee is wrong. I think it's right but not sure. And these are just random examples from the top of my head where I feel an injustice. Another example could even be the new pension tax relief changes for this tax year. The annual tax relief has increased from 40k to a whopping 60k. If my maths is correct I think someone on the highest tax bracket (45%?) will save £9k a year from this change alone. That's £9k less per top tax bracketer going into the government's budget during a cost of living crisis when the health service has went to shit. I think this is why Sunak has been putting so much focus on maths till the age of 18. Because if we get our noses out of the daily mail and do the sums our selves then it shouldn't take the average man long to work out just how much they get mugged off by the tories and by late stage capitalism. Sorry if none of the above makes sense. Went off on a mad tangent here lads haha. A good argument well put. So what is the answer then? Surely people have to work hard to gain reward and the trappings that come from it. Clearly inherited wealth is different but there’s nothing wrong with a parent wanting the best for their kids. I do understand and agree with some of what you say though re buying a home it is unfair. My answer is for a civil war against all world leaders and for the people to rise up together. Together we then create a wealth cap and purge the wealthiest of society of their assets and money. We thrn use this money to create a sustainable and sensible global solution that works across the world. I'm talking: - Rethink sustainable energy. Find the windiest areas and sunniest and create mammoth sun and wind farms. - A global universal health care system following the same framework and sharing data. With all the smartest scientists in the world working together in huge research centres to find cures. Not working against each other in private companies racing towards the most profitable medicines. - A huge focus on automation and technology. So many jobs can be repitieve and I think with AI people are only now beginning to see the true potential of computers. So many manual jobs of all skill levels could be automated to make everyone's lives easier. Surgery could be done with precision by robots which isn't possible with humans. - A huge overhaul of transport in general. Future proofing public transport it and making it sustainable while also webbing out to create new links based on futuristic modeling on population and such. All public transport bring free to use too. With local systems inter connected with global transport systems. - Creating smart towns for the future. And slowly moving people to these areas while also rebuilding existing areas. - You know what I'd also stop countries from existing. Countries and towns will be replaced with eras instead. So in my new world I think I'm gonna live in Ibiza 90s for a bit. As I'll probably get rid of the Isle of Mann to make it, it may not be as warm. But despite the weather, I think I'll have a pretty good time for a few weeks at least. Unfortunately Cobham I don't think the world is quite ready for my proposal yet. And alot of my problems are with capatilism. With that said in the UK of today I'd propose: - Social Care needs dramatic reform and a huge rethink and this can be achieved. I see alot of tower blocks getting knocked down these days and factories too. I'd love to see these to be kept rather than knocked down and made into like super care homes/hospitals. A big problem in the NHS is beds. By having emergency care, social care and palliative care for the elderly together as 3 pillars. I think alot more can be achieved. - In terms of social care, I think years ago people had more kids. And alot less women worked and people retired younger too. This allowed families to take better care of their elderly and unfortunately the same social networks and time is no longer available. People should be given incentives to work less to help care for their elderly and to take pressures off the health care system. - Carrying on from health care, we need to be alot more proactive rather than reactive when it comes to health. Heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease are all very expensive often life long conditions which cost the NHS alot of money. Access to exercise and good nutrition should be more readily available. If you want people to eat healthy then it should be priced accordingly for all. Similar everyone should be allowed x amount of gym access per month as an incentive to get exercising. Anyone I'm rambling again here and completely off topic from what you asked. Corbyns policies were similar to my vision and I liked him as you all know. Whether it's my far fetched extreme of what I'd do if I ruled the world or of it's my slightly more realistic reforms in the UK. I don't really have confidence that any of the parties or leaders will make my far left reforms I'd like to see. So it's all very sad haha. For now little schemes like this one were discussing give me hope that more socialist pilots could be trialed. I believe there was also a successful 4 day week one too which went down well. I seen you said earlier about how you moved into a bedsit at 17 and moved away to find work. My question would be was what motivated you? The way I see it is if you're brought up in care then you've not had holidays, a proper home, many valuable possessions, a family. I had a great childhood and for me it was natural for me to want what my parents had for myself and more if possible. The person in care hasn't had that so why would they be motivated for it? It's a bit like saying to a sober person if they want heroin. Why would they want it? And so in my eyes.. Maybe giving them home, safety and sustainability for the first time in their lives could be a "gateway drug". And maybe it would motivate them to sustain the lifestyle they've grown accustomed too and will drive them into work. You only create bills like this if the current system is failing. A prisoner costs just over £4k per month. This is around £1.2k per month after tax. Less than 1% of people in the UK grew up in care. Yet 25% of all homeless and prisoners grew up in care. For me this scheme is a proactive scheme rather than a reactive one which attempts to tackle crime and homelessness. And it targets a group which is over 25x more likely to be a prisoner or homeless. Taking into account a prisoner costs the tax payer over 3x more per annum than this scheme. I think if the scheme proves to work then it's worth it's weight in gold. Also one last point I agree on inheritance and stuff. For some of us it seems unfair but that's just life and we have to accept it. But I'll still have a good moan anyway! Sorry for the tangent everyone!
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Post by Han Solo on Apr 18, 2023 21:18:05 GMT
A good argument well put. So what is the answer then? Surely people have to work hard to gain reward and the trappings that come from it. Clearly inherited wealth is different but there’s nothing wrong with a parent wanting the best for their kids. I do understand and agree with some of what you say though re buying a home it is unfair. My answer is for a civil war against all world leaders and for the people to rise up together. Together we then create a wealth cap and purge the wealthiest of society of their assets and money. We thrn use this money to create a sustainable and sensible global solution that works across the world. I'm talking: - Rethink sustainable energy. Find the windiest areas and sunniest and create mammoth sun and wind farms. - A global universal health care system following the same framework and sharing data. With all the smartest scientists in the world working together in huge research centres to find cures. Not working against each other in private companies racing towards the most profitable medicines. - A huge focus on automation and technology. So many jobs can be repitieve and I think with AI people are only now beginning to see the true potential of computers. So many manual jobs of all skill levels could be automated to make everyone's lives easier. Surgery could be done with precision by robots which isn't possible with humans. - A huge overhaul of transport in general. Future proofing public transport it and making it sustainable while also webbing out to create new links based on futuristic modeling on population and such. All public transport bring free to use too. With local systems inter connected with global transport systems. - Creating smart towns for the future. And slowly moving people to these areas while also rebuilding existing areas. - You know what I'd also stop countries from existing. Countries and towns will be replaced with eras instead. So in my new world I think I'm gonna live in Ibiza 90s for a bit. As I'll probably get rid of the Isle of Mann to make it, it may not be as warm. But despite the weather, I think I'll have a pretty good time for a few weeks at least. Unfortunately Cobham I don't think the world is quite ready for my proposal yet. And alot of my problems are with capatilism. With that said in the UK of today I'd propose: - Social Care needs dramatic reform and a huge rethink and this can be achieved. I see alot of tower blocks getting knocked down these days and factories too. I'd love to see these to be kept rather than knocked down and made into like super care homes/hospitals. A big problem in the NHS is beds. By having emergency care, social care and palliative care for the elderly together as 3 pillars. I think alot more can be achieved. - In terms of social care, I think years ago people had more kids. And alot less women worked and people retired younger too. This allowed families to take better care of their elderly and unfortunately the same social networks and time is no longer available. People should be given incentives to work less to help care for their elderly and to take pressures off the health care system. - Carrying on from health care, we need to be alot more proactive rather than reactive when it comes to health. Heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease are all very expensive often life long conditions which cost the NHS alot of money. Access to exercise and good nutrition should be more readily available. If you want people to eat healthy then it should be priced accordingly for all. Similar everyone should be allowed x amount of gym access per month as an incentive to get exercising. Anyone I'm rambling again here and completely off topic from what you asked. Corbyns policies were similar to my vision and I liked him as you all know. Whether it's my far fetched extreme of what I'd do if I ruled the world or of it's my slightly more realistic reforms in the UK. I don't really have confidence that any of the parties or leaders will make my far left reforms I'd like to see. So it's all very sad haha. For now little schemes like this one were discussing give me hope that more socialist pilots could be trialed. I believe there was also a successful 4 day week one too which went down well. I seen you said earlier about how you moved into a bedsit at 17 and moved away to find work. My question would be was what motivated you? The way I see it is if you're brought up in care then you've not had holidays, a proper home, many valuable possessions, a family. I had a great childhood and for me it was natural for me to want what my parents had for myself and more if possible. The person in care hasn't had that so why would they be motivated for it? It's a bit like saying to a sober person if they want heroin. Why would they want it? And so in my eyes.. Maybe giving them home, safety and sustainability for the first time in their lives could be a "gateway drug". And maybe it would motivate them to sustain the lifestyle they've grown accustomed too and will drive them into work. You only create bills like this if the current system is failing. A prisoner costs just over £4k per month. This is around £1.2k per month after tax. Less than 1% of people in the UK grew up in care. Yet 25% of all homeless and prisoners grew up in care. For me this scheme is a proactive scheme rather than a reactive one which attempts to tackle crime and homelessness. And it targets a group which is over 25x more likely to be a prisoner or homeless. Taking into account a prisoner costs the tax payer over 3x more per annum than this scheme. I think if the scheme proves to work then it's worth it's weight in gold. Also one last point I agree on inheritance and stuff. For some of us it seems unfair but that's just life and we have to accept it. But I'll still have a good moan anyway! Sorry for the tangent everyone! Could be a big job that mate.
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