Fuck it - the government will look me

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I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the way our country is run. I love my country, but what on earth can I do to fix it? the Rachel reeves pension and stamp duty rumours have tipped me over the edge.

I believe 90% of our lives is the summation of our own choices. Bar (some of) our own (and families) health and tragic life events, there is very little we can’t choose in this country.

I’m not saying that the playing field is fair - I absolutely acknowledge that some groups face structural barriers that make good choices harder. Others are unaware those choices even exist. That’s where government should step in—not to equalise outcomes, but to equalise access to meaningful choice.

I think we all acknowledge that bad governments are ones that take away choices. This government, however is also taking away choice by incentivising bad choices. Policies should nudge people toward self-sufficiency, not make state reliance easier than self-reliance, or rewarding short-term decisions over long-term

Our Government should be working towards equitable availability of choice (not equal - see below) to make sure those choices are as easy and available to everyone. Policies should be in place to make sure people are encouraged to make the right choices.

I increasingly feel like I make the right choices and think what was the bloody point!

I’m going to wish I never paid into my pension soon and went on holiday instead! Should I just spend my money, move into a smaller house and quit my job. At this point I think I’d be better off.

Jargon Buster - EQUALITY - It’s assumed there is a level playing field and everyone gets the same resources. EQUITY - Everyone gets what they need to succeed, which may mean different levels of support.

So, let’s allocate a 50/50 probability to it.

Premised on which, it is definitely worthy of mention.

Yeah, how sad. That the colossal waste and largesse of the system has been allowed to go on for so long. Hopefully it’ll be cut down to size soon. When Labour are voted out of office and into oblivion.

And this is how welfare loses public support.

I agree with this point, welfare is losing support. Plenty of net recipients will be anti welfare too...

@WildLimePoet who is going to be in charge after labour and what will they be cutting?

Hang on, let me check my crystal ball….back in a jiffy…..

Not quite a full house as you omitted concern about illegal immigration equals racist!

The Tories had years to make changes to Motability. Why didn't they?

I'm not trying to justify anything, and I don't have to.

I said what I said, which is that people pay for mobility cars. You've been shown by several posters how that works, but you've insisted I was lying.

The difference between our model and theirs is in their countries (I’m thinking Scandinavia) they tax those with low incomes far more heavily.

@Woodlend this is true & middle incomes. The issue we have is housing costs, they are more proportional in other countries so people can pay more tax.

To appease the spiteful? Even if she does this, it will save no money. People will just lease a different car.

I think people really need to educate themselves about the scheme instead of swallowing the misinformation whole.

Any Tories on this thread? Can you please answer this poster?

They want us all skint, communist New World Order slave race. Wake the fuck up. The conspiracies are playing out in front of you.

Saying that these cars are self funded rather than taxpayer funded is a lie.

So why suggest she read a book on economics?

Housing costs in this country are such a massive issue. Causes:

intergenerational resentment
Low birth rate
Depression in young people
People living with their parents well into their 20s - failing to start adult life.

@WildLimePoet so who do you hope will cut it down to size?

OP, I am a Labour voter. I agree that people need to make the best of what is given to them and I've tried to do that in my life.

90% of what happens to us isn't caused by choice though. The effects of inequality is evident from a very early age for one thing.

I didn't moan on and on when we had a Conservative government, I just got on with things and made the best of it. If you genuinely can't manage that, maybe you should move abroad as you say you're thinking of doing (have fun in the UAE, which apparently needs an endless supply of expats). Or maybe do what you say- stop working hard and stop paying into your pension.

In my city, there are disabled single mothers who end up with their kids in pretty naff temporary accommodation for years and years. If they were childless men they'd be in a hostel or night shelter, so I guess they're lucky in that sense. There are single people on the state pension living in house shares.

But that probably won't happen to you- you'll make all the right choices on the benefits form and all the magical riches you think these people get will become yours.

They pay for the cars - with money they got from the taxpayer. So not self funded at sll
then.

It would stop people frothing about people driving a Mercedes as their mobility car.

Lee Anderson would like to bring back the blue 3 wheeler.

I have a question. If a person used their child benefit to lease a car, would that mean their car is tax payer funded? Yes or no?

@Woodlend it's a huge problem and impacts our productivity but not sure how you fix it now.

Oh, I am not anti-motability - far from it.

I do find some of these threads informative, particularly when it comes to suggestions that the scheme is being abused etc.

So that she can develop some thoughts using economic theory, maybe? She asked for suggestions. I didn't suggest a particular one, or particular theory.

Why do you say that?

That’s my point.