A HORNET'S NEST.

Things are hotting up regarding the question of welfare benefits. Not only do many recipients consider that the system is being overly exploited, but, a number of journalists, who would normally have 'left leaning' opinions, are emerging from the woodwork, agreeing with the coalition government, that this encouragement to live off the state has got to stop.

One such writer, Brendan O'Neill is proving quite vociferous on the subject, much to the chagrin of the Labour Party, who can see their main client voting source being vilified. In an article over this weekend, O'Neill makes the case that the state is capable of creating a vast class of folk who should be able to work, but having been raised in an environment where such a notion is alien to them, are encouraged to demand exactly the same rights as the conscientious worker. He is magnanimous enough to quote something written by a right winger, Ferdinand Mount; "The post war (WWII) welfare state is like a form of 'domestic imperialism', through which the state treats the poor as 'natives' who must be fed and kept on the straight-and-narrow by their superiors". Mount also suggests that modern welfarism is 'benign managerialism' which pacifies the lower orders.

One could go on indefinitely with additional scenarios, all of which have a common denominator; the folk on 'the take' are allowed a vote, so we know how they will use that vote. A similar situation arises in the European Union, as the majority of the member nations are on the receiving end of funds, therefore outnumbering the ones that make the contributions. What has happened to the EU, bears witness to such stupidity.

IT'S CHANGE OR BUST TIME.