I do not advocate abolition of Social Security Payments as it is one of the great precepts of Democracy but in recent times (last 50 years??) the concept appears to have become somewhat distorted and priorities shifted.

One of the things that has made this country great which is praised and lauded by people from foreign shores who genuinely join our community is our sense of "A Fair Go For Everyone".

It is our unofficial Banner and I hope it remains so forever but maybe it is time for a "Planned Maintenance Inspection" and "Resetting to Factory Specs" of our "Social Engine".

Below, some concepts to consider:-


These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Can you think of a reason for not sharing this?

Neither could I......
And there is a number 6 and comes from Maggie Thatcher:
Socialism fails when it runs out of other people's money!