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  1. Richie

    Rugby

    Obviously this would be a bigger deal in football because football is more popular sport than Rugby league. It'd be a bigger deal if it happened in a union game too. When it happens in football, it looks more like this:
  2. Richie

    Barack Obama good president or not?

    He was too ambitious with his healthcare reforms. Used all his political capital to push through a bill that the majority of Americans didn't want to begin with, which will get repealed as soon as the Republicans get back in to power. Once it's gone, his only legacy will be the complete lack of...
  3. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    I think it goes without saying that disability benefits and pensioners would be exempt from this system
  4. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    Inequality may not be just about income, but that's how it is measured. I agree they are linked, but people are too focused on inequality and we rarely hear social mobility mentioned. We've had a welfare system which has trapped millions on benefits, nothing could be worse for social mobility...
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    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    Inequality is such a strange issue to be worried about. If you make everyone better off, but the richest a bit more than the poorest you've increased inequality, but everyone is still better off. Is that such a bad thing? Conversely, if you make everyone poorer, but the rich more than the...
  6. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    Making people spend their benefits on food, clothing and heating instead of beer and fags is making them suffer in your opinion?
  7. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    This is frankly not nonsense, and flies in the face of reality that in capitalism profit is king. If you think businesses could increase their profit margin by paying less don't you think they would do it? My sister fell 'victim' to this kind of thinking. The company she worked for as a graphic...
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    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    Paxton, I think you are falling victim to a common misconception about the idea of people leaving for better wages/lower taxes. Firstly it absolutely happens, its called Taxable Income Elasticity and it is well studied in economics. However it is a much smaller problem than is suggested. The...
  9. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    That's fair, but its become quite an old fashioned view. My grandfather refused benefits, he looked at it as charity and saw it as him not being able to take care of his own family. These days everyone is on some kind of benefit, the state pays us from cradle to grave. To expect people to...
  10. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    You know Scara I think we agree on a lot of things but on this we have differing opinions. I personally don't have a huge problem with what dza is doing, because that's the way the game is played. The blame should absolutely fall on the shoulders of the government for allowing it to happen and...
  11. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    I think the question really comes down to what do we want the benefits system to accomplish? Do we want it to be used to maintain peoples lifestyles that they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford (the pub, football tickets, tv etc..) or should it be there to keep people out of abject poverty...
  12. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    This is a great idea, giving these cards for child benefit would hopefully reduce the stigma that it is just for 'poor people'. I do wonder how many middle class working families would refuse to use it for fear of being labelled, would be an interesting social experiment. It's similar to the...
  13. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    I think that's a great point, this is a great headline for the Tories but I just don't see how it will help in practice.
  14. Richie

    'Smart cards' plan to stop benefits being spent on drink

    I think about this in two ways. Firstly, I think it's a good idea to make sure benefits are spent on items that are actually beneficial to the recipients, like fresh fruit and vegetables. However, I'm very against the concept of a government telling someone what they can and cannot buy, so I'm...
  15. Richie

    ISIS and Air Strikes

    I have no problem if we are providing the logistic and tactical support at the request of the legitimate Iraqi government. I do agree that it can't be an us vs them situation as before. This is a situation that needs to be resolved by the Iraqi government, not the western world. I feel a...
  16. Richie

    Independence...

    I agree with everything you are saying, but the answer is less government power not more masquerading as 'the will of the people' via referenda. Everytime you buy something you are 'voting' for that business over another business. Sainsburys over Tesco, Waterstones over Amazon etc... Leave...
  17. Richie

    Independence...

    Of course they should get advice from various experts, why would we expect anything less? If anything that backs up my point, MPs are far better informed on issues than the majority of those who follow the issues, let alone the average Joe on the street. The main problem with politicians is...
  18. Richie

    New mobile

    Moto G and a sim only contract, cheapest phone deal I could find and I'm very happy with it. Doing that maths, a 2 year contract at £30/month works out at £720, that's just crazy money. Moto G cost me £90 and I get the same plan for £10/month on a rolling deal, saves me over £400 over 2 years...
  19. Richie

    Independence...

    People have neither the time nor the inclination to become educated enough on topics to make informed decisions. The whole point of politics is that it allows elected officals the time to form and debate opinions. You then elect politicians based on those opinions and their subsequent actions.
  20. Richie

    Independence...

    We elect politicians to make laws and decisions on our behalf, the use of referenda would only fuel the rise of populism. Just because something is popular does not mean it is a good idea.
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