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Author	JoeJoJosie
Comment	It's very deliberately formatted to to look like it is giving people a reasonable amount to get by on, but it strips away the foundational benefits that can swallow a huge chunk of your budget before you even address things like 'food' or 'gas/electricity'. It's very cynically designed to draw attention to a 'healthy-looking' monthly amount that claimants are receiving (an nice number that PMs call throw around on 'Newsnight'), so that people reading articles or watching TV will think 'Gee, those welfare-queens are sure getting a healthy amount of my taxes!' while quietly doing-away with all the 'background' support that actually keeps the lights on and food in the fridge. As a society we are a long way from accepting that with all the automation and streamlining of every industry, there may not be jobs for everyone that needs one. And so everyone who isn't working 2 minimum-wage jobs just to pay their ever-increasing rent is labelled as a drain-on-society. But in the next 5 years or less, the jobs that can be automated out of existence will be the lower white-collar jobs. Everyone who's job is repetitive and procedural, anyone who sits at a desk and does much the smae thing every day, will find themselves navigating the wonders of the Universal Credit system. then we'll see how long it lasts.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/twyu3m/gas_and_lecky_bills/i3ox8j5/
Created	Thu 7th Apr 2022 12:03am
Status	normal ()

It's very deliberately formatted to to look like it is giving people a reasonable amount to get by on, but it strips away the foundational benefits that can swallow a huge chunk of your budget before you even address things like 'food' or 'gas/electricity'.

It's very cynically designed to draw attention to a 'healthy-looking' monthly amount that claimants are receiving (an nice number that PMs call throw around on 'Newsnight'), so that people reading articles or watching TV will think 'Gee, those welfare-queens are sure getting a healthy amount of my taxes!' while quietly doing-away with all the 'background' support that actually keeps the lights on and food in the fridge. As a society we are a long way from accepting that with all the automation and streamlining of every industry, there may not be jobs for everyone that needs one. And so everyone who isn't working 2 minimum-wage jobs just to pay their ever-increasing rent is labelled as a drain-on-society.

But in the next 5 years or less, the jobs that can be automated out of existence will be the lower white-collar jobs. Everyone who's job is repetitive and procedural, anyone who sits at a desk and does much the smae thing every day, will find themselves navigating the wonders of the Universal Credit system. then we'll see how long it lasts.