Monday, June 13, 2011

Cameron's brain-dead perspective

According to a joyfully-written piece in the Daily Mail David Cameron is taking steps to reduce benefits to families with large numbers of children. But he doesn't seem to have twigged that as he punishes those irresponsible parents who have dared to reproduce without thoughtfully going to Eton first, he seems to forget that he's also punishing all eight of their children - eight children who have done nothing wrong and now can't afford to eat. How is it fair to punish those children for their parents being out of a job while Cameron does nothing to improve their economic prospects. Makes me so angry!

In all of his expensive education - did he never read Voltaire's Candide: "Dieu a puni ce fripon, le diable a noyé les autres.". Or indeed "Economics for Dummies"!.


1 comment:

Paul H said...

Looks like Cameron is pulling yet another u-turn on this policy too, thankfully!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002830/Now-retreat-benefits-Ministers-signal-ditch-26-000-cap-claims.html
Barefoot children going to school hungry wouldn't project the right image, I guess.