The workhouse

Nick,

I think that some people think me rather uncaring, and maybe a little bit arrogant. Well I supoose if the cap fits, then I will have to wear it.

I don't think that I have really had much respect for authority. My confidence may well be misplaced but I have always regarded the word as being more powerful than the sword.

For example, I think that if we are to have a welfare society then it ought to be properly administered. So, for example the government says that help ought to go the the poor. So be it, but what has to be understood that there is the age old problem of the deserving and the undeserving. I have never had a satisfactory answer to a question which I have 'why should I be impoverished to give money to somebody so that they can have a higher standard of living than the person who pays?'

Should we not bring back a real means test, before being given any state aid then you must pay for it with a diminuation of your standard of living. Is it not time to bring back the work house? Oh, and single mothers should be put in one, contentious yes, but exactly why not?