Another take on benefit cuts...

[daemonoid]

A fairly well written piece that I'm sure will divide opinion on here.

https://www.disgracejones.co.uk/would-i-survive-the-left-wing-death-squads/

Not sure I agree with it myself and this quote is just to put the cat amongst the pigeons:

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[GhostRider]

Sounds to me like she is such an indoctrinated sheep that when she was given her "freedom" she didn't know what to do with it. So she was much more happy when she was back in the system, back to the old routine, go to work, get paid fuck all and go without food and heating because thats the way the system works and you just have to fall in line with the rest. I don't see power there, and I'd take no pride in having to survive on £30 shopping a week for an entire family.

She says she was a better person because of it, I think it probably just gave her the kick up the arse she needed. Much like when I go to the gym and train on my own, I don't ever push myself as hard as when I have one of the trainers beasting and screaming at me. In the same sense, with the knowledge that the bills were getting paid, she had no motivation to do much, since she felt she had all the time in the world, yet when there was the possiblity the kids would starve that day, she got into gear, and the rest of the parental responsbilities fell in line with it.

To me, it seems she just didn't know how to do anything constructive with her time, and because her brothers a cretin, she feels she on a position to tar everyone with the same brush.

GhostRider
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[daemonoid]

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[Raffles]

Part of my job entails visiting peoples homes and I find that the lower down the social ladder, the bigger the television.
Those huge screens aren't referred to as ''council house tellys'' without good reason.
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[daemonoid]

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[Disgracejones]

Ghostrider

I don't think anyone has ever called me an indoctrinated sheep before what a rotter! Never mind, you could have said much worse

In my post I do not say that cutting benefits would give people a kick up the arse. I do not say that I think that people need to be kicked anywhere on their person in order to bring about change. And although I used myself as an example at no point did I say that I was citing myself as the sole reason for my belief. These are your inferences and they are wrong.

It's as though you read my post and formed an entirely different understanding to what I intended. You turned a positive opinion into a negative one.

So I wasn't able to convey my point to you. Now I could say that the misunderstanding is your fault, for being stupid, for jumping to conclusions and making incorrect assumptions. But I won't. You appear to be an ignorant ass but I won't assume that to be the case because It's not fair to fill in the blanks in other peoples lives based on your own preconceptions.

So I'll take full responsibility for not making my point clear to you. Maybe I should have put more pictures in it?

The point was that the benefits system takes away personal responsibility.

If someone else is paying your rent and you are no longer responsible then you have relinquished responsibility.

Personal responsibility is the key, it's what separates children from adults. The men from the boys.

When people make references to 'the system' and dish out blame for their own personal situation they are not taking responsibility and until a person can take responsibility for their own actions in the world then they're cornered.

My own tale and that of my beleaguered brother were stories that were acceptable for me to share. After years of experience of working with the Probation Service, with charities and in various community settings there are many more stories that I could tell but as I still work in the public sector I'd consider that to be over stepping the mark and unprofessional. I'm frequently disgraceful but even this 'bint' has limits.

Every week I work with unemployed service users, helping them to navigate the new Universal Jobmatch system which was brought in last November. Every day I see evidence of this wastage of human potential and it's very fucking sad. On the other hand I've also seen the turnaround when people break out of their shackles. Whether in to paid work or voluntary work makes no difference.

Your character assessment of me was also way off the mark. When I moved on to that estate and stopped work I wasn't given 'freedom'. I got myself in a bad situation because I had a major wobble and stopped taking responsibility for myself. Hence selling my house and throwing in the towel. I gave up and as a consequence I landed on my arse.

When I was supported by the state. I was trapped in a depressing high crime, drink/drug ravaged shithole of council estate. I had three young children but I was lonely with no support network after escaping from an abusive relationship. I honestly felt that I had no hope of making a better life for myself and my children. So I really mean it when I say that I'm grateful that I escaped. For a while I was in a stressful job and it was hard to make ends meet but we did it and within a year I'd saved enough to set up my own business, to move us out of that grim house and I never looked back.

Personal responsibility. That's where it's at.

You should probably learn to push yourself more at the Gym, it's your workout so take responsibility for it man.

Tally ho sweetheart and thanks for reading my blog.

DJ
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[GhostRider]

Fucking wow. Someone has "bawwed" to you about little old me's takes on your prose in a nowhere, nothing corner of the internet. I am honoured. Shame they can't fight their own corner, but such is the folly of the weak minded.

Well yeah if you don't make your points clear enough and expect your entire life/sob story to be derived from what little you have put down then really I am quite surprised that you are shocked when assumptions are made. Maybe if you'd put down what you have above then I'd have been able to make a more informed opinion on your tale of woe. You can have that one for free too.

Still sounds like because you decided to sit on your arse and didn't enjoy it, that people who genuinely need that kind of support should be denied it because you think you know whats best, after partaking of the benefits yourself naturally.....

GhostRider
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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

[Disgracejones]

Again with the violence. Simmer down!

Violent and paranoid? You go girl!

There's no weak minded tell tales here honey-pie. There's this crazy hoodoo called google analytics that flagged up big hits from this site so being curious I popped over and had a look.

I'm flattered that you took the time to read it and respond with such vitriol because you were my word count for the day right here
www.750words.com I'm like a womble baby I find a good use for others people rubbish.

lots of love
DJ
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[GhostRider]

How ironic you find the time to go chase people who read your guff and menstruate at them now that you are gainfully employed. Had you such get up and go whilst in your darker hours you might have been a bit more productive, and perhaps it would never have existed.

Or maybe thats your point.

Mind=Blown

GhostRider
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I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

[Disgracejones]

Done my excercise for today, you serve no further purpose for this old sheep although you might want to look up irony and get to grips with what that actually means.
DJ
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[keggyhander]

[smegballs]

If I'm getting my tin-foil hat on regarding benefits, I'd be tempted to say they are a very handy way of whoring votes.

A bit more tin-foil would say it's a great way of keeping the unwashed masses subservient. If they work you can tax them so much they are too busy worrying about money to kick up a fuss, if they don't work then you make them so dependent that the last thing they would want to do is rock the boat and risk upsetting their 'entitlements'.

The way I see it, if you take someone's money then like it or not, you are in their pocket. No-one is forcing anyone to take those lovely handouts, people voluntarily walk down to job centre and sign on. You are, quite literally signing that you are getting the moneys and in return you are subject to the conditions attached to that money.

If a private citizen decided to fund someone: give them a house and money for food etc etc, then that dependent relationship would be clear as day and we would all see that the person paying out has a significant leverage over the person being paid for. Why would it be any different if the state is paying out? If the you rely on someone else to put food on the table and roof over your head, then someone has a massive leverage over you, it's not a healthy place to be.

[Legsy.]