Thread by @BlokeOnWheels

Honestly the fact that the idea of giving people who need social security vouchers instead of money is doing the rounds again really makes my blood boil! Another short #Thread 1

How is this meant to work exactly? Would we only be able to get our shopping from approved stores and then only certain goods? What if you didn't live anywhere near one of the approved stores? What if you needed to pay for a service rather than a physical item? 2

For example, a repair to your dishwasher, washing machine or other such essential appliance. What happens if you need to buy something that isn't available in one of the approved stores but is nevertheless vital to your existence? Indeed, this boils down to the central question 3

Why should the government have the right to decide what people need in order to live? Remember when police tried to argue that buying an Easter egg wasn't essential during the pandemic? Yeah, that argument lasted about five minutes. And before anybody says...4

'It's taxpayers money, of course it should be restricted'. It's important to remember that everybody pays tax every time they buy something. It's called VAT! Therefore we are all taxpayers, even kids buying sweets with their pocket money. So I don't think state control...5

Is the answer, and it certainly wouldn't be good for the economy with many businesses losing the ability to harness the purchasing power of claiming Social Security. Of course, that power is severely limited individually, but can still be fairly substantial when assessed...6

collectively. It is just a ridiculous proposition designed to so further division in our society and make those who are fortunate enough to have a well paying job feel as though they are uperior to those of us who don't. I must stress that not everybody has this perception 7

But the fact remains, it is a front of the culture wars with the aim of trying to demonise and divide the population in the same way that the Tories have always tried. One final point, people point out that they have this system in America, yeah and that's one of the central...8

reasons we definitely don't want it here. I'm not saying they're going to bring it in, merely that the idea is attracting some favourable reception in the usual circles, but I feel we must resist it if it ever does come in. 9 #Inequality #SocialSecurity @sharron_honey @Zoekc78