Welfare Reform - True or False or What's Really Going On

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What is

really

going on?

True False
or

True False
or

We have a welfare system because the better
off want to take care of those who are poor
or who have a disab...

False

•

The welfare state exists because without it the
modern world goes to hell - for everybody

•

All of the elements of th...

True False
or

The modern world is so much wealthier that
people no longer need a collective welfare
system - we can all j...

False

•

The modern world is even more insecure than the
world of the 1940s.

•

Older structures: the ﬁrm, the family, the
comm...

True False
or

We can trust democratic governments to work
hard to ensure that the welfare state works well
and beneﬁts th...

False

Pruitt Igoe Urban Housing Project: 1952-1968

•

Central governments and large private
organisations are incompetent at taking care of
citizens, families or communities...

if you don’t believe this
here are some facts and
ﬁgures…

The current system is a complex net of taxes and beneﬁts
that nobody understands but which leaves people fearful.

The real cost of beneﬁts - after tax is very low indeed - most
of the money goes on salaries

The poorest 10% of families pay the highest share of any
group income in taxes - about 45%.

There are only a tiny number of people who do not work for
years - the vast majority of people go out and look for work.

The current crisis has nothing to do with public expenditure
- which has hardly changed over the last 40 years.

The real cause of the crisis was a collapse in banks who had
invested in an enormous unsustainable housing bubble.

To protect homeowners the government slashed the cost of
borrowing - creating a huge subsidy.

Government is now subsiding the mortgages of homeowners
at a cost of over £34 billion per year.

The government has targeted cuts that fall hardest on those
with the greatest needs - people with severe disabilities.

The cuts fall on people with disabilities and people in poverty
far harder than they fall on any other groups.

True False
or

We can trust government to take care of
those who are most disadvantaged.

False

•

Increasingly politicians are encouraging stigma blaming the poor for poverty.

•

People are looking for scapegoats - i...

True False
or

The government’s planned welfare reforms
will make things better.

False
Child Beneﬁt freeze

Abolition of Sure Start Maternity for second and
subsequent children

Change to CPI indexation ...

•

The UK is the third most unequal developed
country and getting more unequal.

•

The UK is the second most centralised ...

What is

really

going on?

We fell asleep. We forgot that they don’t take care
of us, we take care of each other. We forgot that it’s
the rich who ne...

True False
or

There is a better way.

True

We need a new settlement - a new
constitutional approach which protects
our rights and shift power back to
citizens,...

1. Human rights
2. Entitlements
3. Early support
4. Equal access
5. Choice & control
6. Fair incomes
7. Fair taxes
8. Sust...

True False
or

We can each make a difference.

True

Sign the WOW Petition

Join the Campaign for a Fair Society
Subscribe to the Centre for Welfare
Reform newsletter
Co...

For more information:
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