On benefits.
There's a difference between assistance or help and benefits.
When people are in need they deserve assistance and help.
When people are doing extremely well financially because they have lobbied government, they are deriving a benefit.
"You do not need a BENEFIT, you deserve assistance."
A shareholders derives a benefit.
Someone who buys a house cheap, decorates it, and and sells it a year later at a profit, not related to the decorating work done, but to 'market prices' derives a benefit.
That is the difference.
If the State called 'benefits' 'assistance' instead, then the bullying of 'people on benefits' would become much clearer because it would be 'the bullying of people deserving assistance'..... so we must call 'benefits' 'assistance' and insist on the clarity of meaning, intention and outcome.
The system uses words to beat our minds into compliance. We have to counter that.
Tax breaks are benefits.
Subsidies to large scale commercial activities that are immensely profitable are benefits.
Corrupt weapons deals yield benefits.
Cui Bono?
Income support is assistance.
Housing Benefit is Assistance.
Rent controls and social housing are forms of assistance.
Personal Independence Payments and the Independent Living Fund and other ways to support disabled people etc were and are all assistance. Not benefits.
"We are going to reduce the benefits bill" and compare it to "we are going to reduce assistance to those who need it."
"We will support industry with tax breaks" and compare it to "We will ensure shareholders and executives get a financial benefit from our policies".
Critical analysis is a beautiful tool.
Opinion is the subversion of evidence by prejudice.
"You do not need a BENEFIT, you deserve assistance."
A shareholders derives a benefit.
Someone who buys a house cheap, decorates it, and and sells it a year later at a profit, not related to the decorating work done, but to 'market prices' derives a benefit.
That is the difference.
If the State called 'benefits' 'assistance' instead, then the bullying of 'people on benefits' would become much clearer because it would be 'the bullying of people deserving assistance'..... so we must call 'benefits' 'assistance' and insist on the clarity of meaning, intention and outcome.
The system uses words to beat our minds into compliance. We have to counter that.
Tax breaks are benefits.
Subsidies to large scale commercial activities that are immensely profitable are benefits.
Corrupt weapons deals yield benefits.
Cui Bono?
Income support is assistance.
Housing Benefit is Assistance.
Rent controls and social housing are forms of assistance.
Personal Independence Payments and the Independent Living Fund and other ways to support disabled people etc were and are all assistance. Not benefits.
"We are going to reduce the benefits bill" and compare it to "we are going to reduce assistance to those who need it."
"We will support industry with tax breaks" and compare it to "We will ensure shareholders and executives get a financial benefit from our policies".
Critical analysis is a beautiful tool.
Opinion is the subversion of evidence by prejudice.
Kindest regards
Corneilius
"Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe"
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