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(not satire – it’s the UK today!)
According to a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, there are now more people from working families below the poverty line than people from unemployed families.
There are 6.7 million people from working families living in poverty in the UK compared to 6.3 million people from workless and retired families living in poverty:
REPORT REVEALS THE NEW FACE OF UK POVERTY
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Oh dear. Looks like the Tories are going to have to find a new slogan for their next election campaign:
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RE the IQ test: Take two apples
The correct, modern answer is in fact one. You have one apple, there is one apple on the table, and the govt took the other, since in any transaction they take their cattle you tax. They then give the apple to one of their horses.
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what a foul joke…making it pay to work…what planet do this scum live on…if your rich they’ll take care of you…PAY TO WORK WHEN…not as long as cameron and the rest of these rich posh boys think they have a god given to dictate to us how we can live our lives….THE FIGHT GOES ON…regards…sandra.
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Unfortunately,just another stick to hit the “workless” with,which includes carers many who have saved the State far in excess than the vast majority will ever pay in tax throughout their lives and people who have,are and hopefully will contribute in income tax again..SAw an interview with one person who said he felt like leaving employment and making himself homeless so he could get a “free house” and be better off.People tend to kick down rather than up encouraged eagerly by the media.One wonders how many affected cheered “reforms” on only to discover it wasn’t “them” but “us” .
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