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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostThatcher's no-such-thing-as-society cult of individualism. Now people will just calculate the best economic outcome with no concept of duty. At one end you've got PC with his benefit dodges, at another the too-big-to-fail banks, and in-between the contractors who are whining they've been stung after extracting their professional service fees as loans from an offshore trust, or whatever the dodge was.
"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it: 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society.
There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation."
I see no problem in this, and it applies as much today as it did then. It's certainly not about individualism, but personal responsibility.
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostThings you learn on CUK. Whatever happened to honest, upright citizens grafting for Queen & Country?
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Originally posted by WTFH View Posthttps://www.gov.uk/government/public...-health-sector
What you get when you pull a sickie from the public sector
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Spending the euromillions jackpot I'm going to win this evening. See how much of a dent I can make in it before I've picked up the cheque
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostWhat's PIP?
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostWhat's PIP?
What you get when you pull a sickie from the public sector
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostShauny's back to Smartprice bog roll, now the social has taken away his PIP.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostYou didn't mention that the first time round. Asda Devon are going to be sold out of Kleenex when someone sees this.
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostNot at all. There's quite a market for this kind of obesity dungeon porn, if the protagonists are wearing Roman costume.
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Originally posted by PhiltheGreek View PostAnd getting people to pay you to stop?
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