tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247615769084489401.post6558540034636663047..comments2023-05-08T02:27:14.997-07:00Comments on Haringey Green Party Blog: The End of the Universal Welfare StateMike Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247615769084489401.post-72167074926498980052013-08-21T03:15:02.213-07:002013-08-21T03:15:02.213-07:00Mike , really informative work , i am afraid with ...Mike , really informative work , i am afraid with jeff, his approach is completely anonymous to me..letting agents finchleyhttp://www.btcint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247615769084489401.post-18017560013437939542010-10-26T11:58:57.524-07:002010-10-26T11:58:57.524-07:00A Green councillor had a different idea for Child ...A Green councillor had a different idea for Child Benefit reform: "The first two children in a family should continue to receive child benefit as of right, but the third and subsequent children should receive an equivalent sum only from other sources, as the result of negotiating with the fund providers."<br />Steve HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247615769084489401.post-74562303792792106892010-10-06T15:46:45.371-07:002010-10-06T15:46:45.371-07:00Hi Jeff,
Well, if being practical frames the deba...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />Well, if being practical frames the debate in favour of the establishment, then we should frame it our own way. <br /><br />In more progressive societies like Denmark, most people get free at the point, nursery care. The rich do get charged, but even a millionaire only pays about £350 a month. <br /><br />It's a collective thing, I suppose, which I approve of. <br /><br />If you think these savings are going to spent on jobs, then you are wrong. The reason they went for such a quick fix policy, was becuase it was cheap. They know who pays top rate tax, calculating household income would mean jobs for those calculating.Mike Shaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247615769084489401.post-35504887039851573322010-10-06T14:54:18.512-07:002010-10-06T14:54:18.512-07:00I disagree Mike. You seem to be saying that we nee...I disagree Mike. You seem to be saying that we need to give benefits to the richer so that the poorer don't feel so bad about needing support. I like to think we could do better than such a cotton wool approach.<br /><br />My preference would be, as you day, to push taxes up for the better-off but under a Tory Government that simply isn't going to happen so, adopting a pragmatic approach, this for me is a good result as it's the best one can reasonably expect and is fair. <br /><br />Also, you say it saves a 'measly' £1bn but I'd much sooner have 4,000 extra people employed on the average wage than dole out money to higher earners that, broadly speaking, don't need it.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.com