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From Zenith to Nadir

ndm wrote 27 minutes ago: This weekend sees the UK celebrating 60 years of HM the Queen’s reign.  This also will be the … more →

Tags: Social Affairs, History, UK, British Empire, diamond jubilee, moral nihilism, Warfare State, Decolonisation, Queen Victoria

There Must Be Pain in Order to Grow

tmkeel wrote 13 hours ago: “Nothing could be more horrible than a world of completely happy people who did not know suffe … more →

Tags: Nietzsche, escalona, Pain and suffering, welfare state

Welfare State, "Parasites" and Bureaucracy2 comments

zielonygrzyb wrote 2 days ago: Recently, the German minister of labour Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised for her reform of t … more →

Tags: Economics, society, Social Costs, Bureaucracy

Structural crisis needs structural change

sanjayperera wrote 2 days ago: by István Mészáros When stressing the need for a radical structural change it must be made clear rig … more →

Tags: destructive energy of capitalism, Marxism, Socialism, New Paradigm, capitalist life crisis, capitalism, collapse of capitalism, War, Marxian interpretation

Dependency, Family and Government

Save The Revolution wrote 3 days ago: The writer makes an excellent point: The breakdown of the family as the most basic social and econom … more →

Tags: Culture War, Issues in Economics, Political Economy, Politics, Religion, sex, dependency, Family Formation, Government

U-turn if you want to

politicsrstillus wrote 3 days ago: With yesterday’s morphing of the pasty tax, coupled with changes to proposals on static carava … more →

Tags: Economy, Law & Order, Environment, Benefits, NHS, Education, prisons, Taxation, Civil Liberties

All Aboard! There’s Room for Everyone!

Roy Cobden wrote 3 days ago: Funny thing about common sense… it ain’t so common! It’s free if someone else has … more →

Tags: Common Sense, welfare wagon

Americans Want Wealth Creation Over Job Creation

John Malcolm wrote 3 days ago: By Rush Limbaugh | May 29, 2012 | RushLimbaugh.com BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We start in Bismarck, Nort … more →

Tags: Progressivism, Marxism, Barack Obama, Wages, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism, Culture, Democrats, Tea Party

This may (or may not) be how the recent ACTU conference went down

MK wrote 4 days ago: I’m seeing a lot of comments like this one from Labor Senator Doug Cameron: Good jobs for Auss … more →

Tags: Politics, Australia, Economics 2, Labor, ALP, Politics 2, Government, Sinclair Davidson, Brian Caplan

A Beveridge report for the 21st century? The implications of self-directed support for future welfare reform

policypressblog wrote 5 days ago: The Policy & Politics Blog features debates from recent issues . An extract is below, then pleas … more →

Tags: Policy & Politics, Social Welfare, Welfare Reform

Free Riders and Dire Needers1 comment

Micah Goldberg wrote 5 days ago: Breaking news: bad jobs exist. In a classic case of Conservatives boiling down an issue to a wide-sw … more →

Tags: Canadian Politics, conservative party, Steven Harper, New Democratic Party, Canadian government, EI reform, employment insurance reform, Liberal Party, Nathan Cullen

Should the unemployed be made to work for their benefits?

projectzme wrote 6 days ago: Listening to the radio this morning an interesting question arose “Should the unemployed be ma … more →

Tags: Comment, Social, Dole, Work

Half of Americans On The Government Dole1 comment

Steven wrote 1 week ago: Earlier this week we discussed the reality of American poverty. What we call poor in American is act … more →

Tags: Culture, food stamps, Government, national debt, Politics, taxes, Tea Party

Free College Educations from the Best Teachers

John Chew wrote 1 week ago: An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best inc … more →

Tags: Economics & politics, free education, Saving Money, Greece's problems, rigid wages, housing bubble burst, Clifford Stoll

How do you know when you have the wrong person as president?

III wrote 1 week ago: How do you know that you’ve chosen the person to be the president of the United States?  Well, … more →

Tags: Politics, constitution, Government 2, Politics 2, Human Rights, Liberty, Congress, Socialism, socialist

Systematic Fraud in Welfare-to-Work (A4E, Working Links): We Ask the Hard Questions.

Andrew Coates wrote 1 week ago: Grayling: Praying for a Miracle. Cross-Posted from Ipswich Unemployed Action. “There’s n … more →

Tags: Britain, British Govern, capitalism, conservative party, liberal democrats, Unemployment, Workfare, A4E, fraud

Systematic Fraud in Welfare-to-Work (A4E, Working Links): We Ask the Hard Questions.11 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 1 week ago: Grayling: Praying for a Miracle. “There’s no problem with fraud in A4E or elsewhere. I a … more →

Tags: A4E, Campaigns for Unemployed, Cuts, DWP, Fraud, Tories, TV Shows on Unemployed, Unemployment, Welfare Reform

Debating a Hardcore Welfare Statist1 comment

froivinber wrote 1 week ago: A comment on impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona’s statements during his impeachment trial t … more →

Tags: Current Events, Education, Politics, corruption, Internet, capitalism, Economics 2, impeachment, Socialism

Destroying a Freeloader, 'Palamunin' Mentality1 comment

froivinber wrote 1 week ago: NOTE: I posted the following on this Facebook group. Sometimes we have to be charitable with some pe … more →

Tags: Current Events, Education, Politics, corruption, Internet, individualism, capitalism, Economics 2, RH Bill


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