tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4987419863961992612..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: Paula, Laura and the Greenwashed explorerPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-44809009672476790612009-07-30T08:35:40.960+12:002009-07-30T08:35:40.960+12:00Thanks for that Richard.Thanks for that Richard.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-46854288586605735792009-07-29T18:11:55.279+12:002009-07-29T18:11:55.279+12:00Richard - Yes, I know using the Daily Mail is lowe...Richard - Yes, I know using the Daily Mail is lowering the standards a bit, but the woman featured was such a prime example of everything that is wrong with socialism and the welfare state, and the perverse incentives produuced by coercive wealth redistribution.Richard McGrathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-54045463943756850972009-07-29T18:03:26.384+12:002009-07-29T18:03:26.384+12:00Mark - I will hunt down our welfare deregulation s...Mark - I will hunt down our welfare deregulation spokesman and see if there is a transitional welfare policy somewhere - I agree it's important to nut this one out carefully.<br /><br />In general, and off the top of my head, our policy would probably have an end date for those receiving sickness and invalid benefits and the dole - perhaps three to six months notice. After that, these beneficiaries would be expected to find a private charity or welfare agency and enrol with them. Any new beneficiaries would be given, say, 3 months of payments and told in that time to find a private funder after that. <br /><br />Superannuitants would be funded through annuities paid for from the interest earned on money obtained from the sale of state assets.<br /><br />Minimum wage would be abolished so the dole should evaporate overnight.<br /><br />Until their abolition, sickness, invalid and unemployment payments would be equalised to save much of the current bureaucratic and medical time-wasting.<br /><br />Does that leave any beneficiaries I haven't scared the bejesus out of?<br /><br />~:)Richard McGrathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-53661109676930401692009-07-29T17:05:13.246+12:002009-07-29T17:05:13.246+12:00Oh you caught me out - I'm a whining lefty bec...Oh you caught me out - I'm a whining lefty because I suggest the Daily Mail is hardly a journal of record. Quote from the WSJ, the FT, the National Review but let's not try and pretend the Daily Mail is anything other than what it is.richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-55204172453924089732009-07-29T16:27:31.687+12:002009-07-29T16:27:31.687+12:00I quoted from 'The Guardian' the other day...I quoted from 'The Guardian' the other day. Does that balance things out for you?Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86163343889187890372009-07-29T16:03:41.144+12:002009-07-29T16:03:41.144+12:00The Astronauts 'feeling' is a bit dodgy bu...The Astronauts 'feeling' is a bit dodgy but quoting from the Daily Mail is OK ? Please !richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-33655055719063472022009-07-29T15:33:06.964+12:002009-07-29T15:33:06.964+12:00"Does anyone ever give any thought to those t..."Does anyone ever give any thought to those they’re living off?"<br /><br />No. Because we're all conditioned to thinking of it as govt, rather than taxpayers' largesse.Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5910409705739985412009-07-29T15:11:27.061+12:002009-07-29T15:11:27.061+12:00Richard can you please supply more information abo...Richard can you please supply more information about 'privatising welfare'? <br /><br />Is there a relevant link on the Lib's site - most particularly, how do the mechanics of this work, by which I mean, where does the funding come from please?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-76053909588835983082009-07-29T14:47:50.208+12:002009-07-29T14:47:50.208+12:00IMO we have the right to expect elected officials ...IMO we have the right to expect elected officials to keep our personal details private...the Bennett issue is a good example of why we need politicians out of our lives. <br /><br />And churches/the clergy should go back to providing welfare - given their enormous wealth and tax free status it shouldn't be too much of a strain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-6714586743223521152009-07-29T13:44:07.640+12:002009-07-29T13:44:07.640+12:00..."to remove the saggy bits of skin left beh...<i>..."to remove the saggy bits of skin left behind after the initial weight loss".</i><br /><br />Wouldn't that leave an empty table after the operation?twrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-53655682055102338172009-07-29T12:46:06.834+12:002009-07-29T12:46:06.834+12:00A Boot Camp for unemployable porkers like your exa...A Boot Camp for unemployable porkers like your example- an idea who's time has come!<br /><br />[Visions of the jelly donut scene from 'Full Metal Jacket']Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-2765159596864262302009-07-29T11:11:05.151+12:002009-07-29T11:11:05.151+12:00Also those organisations are intimately connected ...Also those organisations are intimately connected with industries able to employ...Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-34989423887329231272009-07-29T11:08:57.938+12:002009-07-29T11:08:57.938+12:00Bravo, Shane! If welfare was devolved to the regio...Bravo, Shane! If welfare was devolved to the regions, towns, even suburbs, it wouldn't seems such a daunting job - and charities and private welfare organisations could handle the workload I'm sure. The key I believe is getting families and friends involved, including with funding those in need.<br /><br />People such as Laura (in the second news article) would have to get off their ample bottoms and justify their place on the queue!Richard McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485082980018421590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-5597226702222247552009-07-29T10:15:10.503+12:002009-07-29T10:15:10.503+12:00In a recent talk to a local rotary club I suggeste...In a recent talk to a local rotary club I suggested, not entirely tongue in cheek, that an organisation such as theirs might be well placed to run the welfare system. Eyebrows were raised.Shane Pleasancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144367923437327037noreply@blogger.com