Sociology hour8 Oct 2021 10:55
There seem to be some strong opinions floating around this morning...here's my view. I help to run a soup kitchen for homeless people in Glasgow that serves hot food but we are looking at supplying ready meals to food banks. This is because of the demand to help poor households because kids are going hungry in a way that hasn't happened to such an extent before. I've seen all kinds of stuff in voluntary work, because Glasgow has junkies/thieves/pilfering Romanian kids (other countries are available)/self-pitying idiots galore.
I've also seen terminally ill people failing ATOS assessments and being told to get a job, met grown adults that are totally illiterate or have learning disabilities but have never had any help whatsoever. Also kids raised entirely on microwave food and don't know how to boil a potato.
Arguing in generalisations about benefit claimants is ridiculous because if people are atomised and not supported then vast numbers will have bad outcomes. One generalisation that is true is if you give up benefits for insecure work you very easily wind up worse off, which makes no sense. Having to help working families to feed their kids is just plain wrong. Not everybody has a stocks and shares ISA and a possible ace in the hole at the end of the year.
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