π§΅The thing that strikes me about that Civitas report from yesterday isn't the headline figures, it's the fact they factored in schools and the NHS as well. Not only does that make the figures look grossly inflated, but also it says a lot for the mentality of the organisation. 1
It's one of those Tufton Street think tanks; not only do they not believe in working age Social Security, but they actually want a complete dismantling of the public sector, including schools and healthcare. No wonder they included that in their ridiculous report. 2
And yet the right-wing lap it up, because they love to have a go at the mythical 'dependency culture', which they have been told is their enemy since at least the run-up to the 2010 election. It is of course talking bollocks, it was then, however that doesn't stop..3
These vulture capitalists from attempting to put the narrative back into the minds of the population in order to distract from what they are actually doing. Also, the report includes the cost of state pensions, which people have paid into and while some Tories have tried to...4
Exclude pensioners from their demonising rhetorical diatribes (looking it you 30p Lee), you can guarantee that the think tank behind the report wants to radically reduce pension payouts too, they just aren't saying it out loud. What we have here is an all-out assault..5
On our public services, with the intention probably being to fully privatise them, and then consign the majority of the population to a form of indentured servitude akin to Victorian times. What the people who are enjoying the current wave of bile emanating from the... 6
Right-wing don't realise yet is that while they haven't got around to targeting THEM yet and are instead focused on people they don't like, eventually, they will switch their focus until everyone who isn't a megarich friend of the Tories knows the feeling of demonisation.. 7
That's why we have to fight for our public services. Once they are gone, the very fabric of our society risks being changed forever and not in a positive way. #TuesdayThoughts 8
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