Recent content by Mucca Mad Boys

Definitely not proles like us. FIFA is 100% selling itself to the highest bidder in a more deliberate Without being too one sided, even if the World Cup was just in the USA, the internal travel would be a lot more expensive in Europe. The rail pass I got for the month last year was €500 and...

I'm planning to go out but need to see the draw before deciding what to do. I'm looking into refundable flights/accommodation for the final in New York/Jersey just in case we make the final because I'll get a ticket through the ETSC. I did the whole month in Germany 2024, had a great time and...

Adults can support themselves, children can’t. They also don’t receive money directly from the government. I can’t believe you thought that was a good question.

Was this pre or post-COVID? I’m assuming pre and frankly the huge pressures on the welfare systems has been exacerbated by the lack of face to face meetings. For anyone interested, check out Fraser Nelson: https://www.benefitstrap.com/ Note: the long term claimants has gone up by 700k since...

Nice idea in theory, the data suggests this isn’t happening and it’s a growing problem. Specifically, young people are claiming incapacity benefits at record levels. If you’re paying no tax, you earn less than 13k and will invariably be on UC… so this line of question is misleading. To put...

No wonder this conversation is going nowhere when the basic distinction between public service and state handout is being made. I’ve addressed pension reform directly and I don’t think acknowledged anything I’ve said on that. On a fundamental level, do you think there’s any areas in the...

This silly game of yours is embarrassing. Public services and welfare benefits are not the same thing.

Inconvenient truths… ok, so because children, pensioners and the disabled are all ‘unproductive’ we can’t reform the welfare system to avoid record numbers of working age, able bodied people from working? No wonder the modern social-democrats, socialists and so on are toast. What reforms would...

100% correct. I came from a low income background and know several people who have lived a life on benefits. Speaking anecdotally, there are plenty of people abusing PIP and over egging the extent of how their ADHD/ASD to claim it. This is immoral because we all know people with severe...

Suicidal empathy, yes. When the welfare state was created, a v small % of people were out of work and it was heavily stigmatised. Look, no reform means the comprehensive welfare state will fail. The warning signs are there.

Children don’t get state handouts and pensioners qualify for state pension based on tax they’ve paid. As for severely disabled people who can’t work, they need state support. Not people with low level ADHD and Austin’s/Aspergers. Why doesn’t it apply to migrants because the social contract is...

… Just not the 27-37% of non-EU migrants that have ILR and claiming UC. Or 4m people on UC with no requirement to find work. You throw these questions without actually defining what you mean. How is this defined? The upsurge in sickness benefits is driven, primarily, by younger people 18-24...

They wouldn’t be working for nothing though, would they?

You’re better than this. Why don’t we start with community service for the 4m people on UC that have ‘no requirement’ to work? There’s plenty of potholes to be filled, graffiti to be cleaned and so on.