Dcdrac
Philosopher
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2006
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/24/dear-iain-duncan-smith-thanks-nothing
"Dear Iain Duncan Smith, thanks for nothing
After 15 months trying to live on £30 a week, I have a job. But I am worried about those your government continues to persecute"
"Dear Iain,
I've got BIG News! I've got a job! Amazing isn't it? Fifteen months after being made redundant, I've finally managed to secure one of the many jobs that you regularly claim in the media are out there for the taking. We were beginning to think it would never happen. So many interviews, so much hope, followed by disappointment after disappointment. I don't know where these jobs are that you speak of. Perhaps they're in London, because, be honest – you don't have much knowledge of towns and cities outside the capital, do you? Actually, you're right, there are jobs out there, but I'm not entirely sure you're aware of the stumbling blocks preventing folk from getting them.
Getting a job isn't quite as easy as just sending your CV to a prospective employer. Perhaps if you understood that, you might not continue to spout your patronising nonsense in the media, and further continue to get the backs up of those who genuinely want to work, and do not under any circumstances live off benefits as (you call it) a lifestyle choice. You make idle comments about how you could live off £53 a week if you had to, but that's the point, Iain, you will never have to, and furthermore it's likely you'll never want for anything for the rest of your life, whether that be a job, a home, or financial security. You are preaching about things you have absolutely no knowledge of whatsoever. You are using the teeny weeny minority of benefit claimants who do live a satisfactory standard of life to attempt to prove your point, and in doing so you are destroying those who are genuinely struggling."
"Dear Iain Duncan Smith, thanks for nothing
After 15 months trying to live on £30 a week, I have a job. But I am worried about those your government continues to persecute"
"Dear Iain,
I've got BIG News! I've got a job! Amazing isn't it? Fifteen months after being made redundant, I've finally managed to secure one of the many jobs that you regularly claim in the media are out there for the taking. We were beginning to think it would never happen. So many interviews, so much hope, followed by disappointment after disappointment. I don't know where these jobs are that you speak of. Perhaps they're in London, because, be honest – you don't have much knowledge of towns and cities outside the capital, do you? Actually, you're right, there are jobs out there, but I'm not entirely sure you're aware of the stumbling blocks preventing folk from getting them.
Getting a job isn't quite as easy as just sending your CV to a prospective employer. Perhaps if you understood that, you might not continue to spout your patronising nonsense in the media, and further continue to get the backs up of those who genuinely want to work, and do not under any circumstances live off benefits as (you call it) a lifestyle choice. You make idle comments about how you could live off £53 a week if you had to, but that's the point, Iain, you will never have to, and furthermore it's likely you'll never want for anything for the rest of your life, whether that be a job, a home, or financial security. You are preaching about things you have absolutely no knowledge of whatsoever. You are using the teeny weeny minority of benefit claimants who do live a satisfactory standard of life to attempt to prove your point, and in doing so you are destroying those who are genuinely struggling."
