Meanwhile--UK state should pay for housing, food, transport and internet, says report

[Snarkoleptic]

While we blame the victims, while seeking more avenues to inflict economic violence upon the poor and working class, UK has mature/adult conversations.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/11/uk-universal-basic-services-jonathan-portes

Free housing, food, transport and access to the internet should be given to British citizens in a massive expansion of the welfare state, according to a report warning the rapid advance of technology will lead to job losses.

Former senior government official Jonathan Portes and Professor Henrietta Moore, director of University College London’s Institute for Global Prosperity make the call for a raft of new “universal basic services” using the same principles as the NHS. They estimate it would cost about £42bn, which could be funded by changes to the tax system.

The recommendations include doubling Britain’s existing social housing stock with funding to build 1.5m new homes, which would be offered for free to those in most need. A food service would provide one third of meals for 2.2m households deemed to experience food insecurity each year, while free bus passes would be made available to everyone, rather than just the over-60s.

The proposals also include access to basic phone services, the internet, and the cost of the BBC licence fee being paid for by the state.

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1. It's silly

We pay money to politicians who tell us it's "every man for himself", that every man is an island, that if there is a problem then maybe "charity" will pick up the pieces, that the solution to health care is to not get sick, that the solution to poverty is to not be poor, etc.

We willingly pay for this. We are OK with this.

It's Kafkaesque really.