tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post959833062492598827..comments2024-03-03T19:52:17.901+00:00Comments on ReARM ~ RedNev's Blog: State-enforced teetotalism?Neville Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-37096683271942129582012-12-19T22:15:12.873+00:002012-12-19T22:15:12.873+00:00Is this the nastiest Conservative MP in Britain?<a href="http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/alex-massie/2012/12/is-this-the-nastiest-conservative-mp-in-britain/" rel="nofollow">Is this the nastiest Conservative MP in Britain?</a>Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-65074539671410345712012-12-19T17:37:53.598+00:002012-12-19T17:37:53.598+00:00When I worked on Income Support, I used to issue m...When I worked on Income Support, I used to issue milk tokens to women with babies. The thinking behind this is pretty much the same.<br /><br />What you say about people working round the system if the Government replaced cash benefits with cards or vouchers is probably true - that's certainly what happens with food stamps in the US. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285162121291357473.post-17655829484847060712012-12-19T16:27:00.936+00:002012-12-19T16:27:00.936+00:00Rather well speared by Dick Puddlecote here.
Gros...Rather well speared by Dick Puddlecote <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/smart-cards-for-friendless.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Grossly patronising and completely unworkable. It would require a huge and costly bureaucracy to enforce, and there would be all sorts of arguments as to what was and wasn't covered. And there are still plenty of things such as bus fares and car parking for which you need cash.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com