America's safety net is becoming one big hole.
#usa #america #usaisaterroriststate
#usaisfundingGenovide
#USDAloans #usda #republicans #RepublicansAreTheProblem #classwar #poverty #welfare #centrelink #socialsecurity #auspol #ausgov #politas #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuckneoliberals #neoliberalcapitalism #anthonyalbanese #fucktherepublikkkans
UK regrets ‘return to protectionism’ as Trump’s tariffs spark trade war – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/892637/ #BritishPolitics #Companies #DavidLammy #DonaldTrump #Exports #France #GreatBritain #JonathanReynolds #KeirStarmer #maritime #Protectionism #tariffs #trade #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #welfare #WestminsterBubble
"It’s worth noting that, while governments have an obsession with efficiency, it’s still limited solely to cost-cutting. There seems to be little interest in, for instance, making access to #welfare payments more efficient, or #healthcare, or #childcare, as any parent who has battled on their laptop deep into the night trying to conquer the tax-free childcare scheme knows. No, efficiency is only important when attempting to immediately maximise profit."
Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/keir-starmer-urged-to-get-tough-with-trump-as-us-tariff-threat-looms #OfficeforBudgetResponsibility #Springstatement2025 #Automotiveindustry #LiberalDemocrats #Taxandspending #Steelindustry #EuropeanUnion #Trumptariffs #RachelReeves #KeirStarmer #DonaldTrump #Tradepolicy #MarkCarney #Politics #Benefits #Welfare #Canada #Labour #Europe
There are plenty of ways to get people into work but this unimaginative plan will make an unfair benefit system worse
I never thought I would see this in The Times and from this writer
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And the new welfare reform? Billed as the “biggest shake up to [the] welfare system in a generation to get Britain working”? The new impact assessment makes grim reading. The cuts are real enough to push 250,000 welfare claimants into relative poverty. But the number expected to be helped into work? It looks like that number might just be zero. To borrow the analogy of Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, pocket money will be docked but there will be no Saturday job to compensate.](https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/245/083/128/637/043/original/050912c53d811922.png "Capture of part of the archived document reads ‘
And the new welfare reform? Billed as the “biggest shake up to [the] welfare system in a generation to get Britain working”? The new impact assessment makes grim reading. The cuts are real enough to push 250,000 welfare claimants into relative poverty. But the number expected to be helped into work? It looks like that number might just be zero. To borrow the analogy of Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, pocket money will be docked but there will be no Saturday job to compensate.")
I keep thinking about how the average #beneficiary spends 50% of their income on #accommodation, which means the demographic costing our #welfare system the most is, in fact, private #landlords.
#NZPol
"Impact assessments of the #welfare reforms ... showed an additional 250,000 people being pushed into relative poverty as a result of the cuts to the personal independence payment and incapacity benefit."
@therightarticle
''The two measures will raise about £500 million by 2030. "
No they won't. That's money that simply won't ever become part of the economy. It won't be spent into local economies. It won't help pay wages or increase trade locally. It won't be taxed because it won't have ever existed.
It will not be raised. 'Savings' simply means, here, money never created.
#MMT #welfare
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/25/dwp-cuts-latest/
