@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 11yrs agoActive 12mos ago

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

In 2011 the level of public spending on the welfare state by the British Government accounted for £113.1 billion, or 16% of government. By 2020 welfare spending will rise to 1/3rd of all spending making it the largest expense followed by housing benefit, council tax benefit, benefits to the unemployed, and benefits to people with low incomes.

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Response rates from 23.2k Waitakere voters.

33%
Fewer
59%
More
22%
Fewer
44%
More
7%
Fewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most
8%
More, reform the system so that it supplements, rather than replaces, a working income
3%
Fewer, current benefits do not provide enough support
5%
More, but increase benefits for the elderly and disabled
3%
More, and deny benefits to immigrants
1%
More, current benefits should be capped

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 @9FXKKY9answered…1yr1Y

More, elderly and disabled benefits need to be increased, they need to cap the welfare benfit for woman with many children with unnamed fathers. The DPB was originally brought in to help mothers who had no jobs after a divorce. Now it is have another child to get more money.

 @9FYC35Qanswered…1yr1Y

Benefits should be on an individual basis. Alot of couples don't have shared finances so why should there be a weight on the other person's income.

 @9DCSSLSanswered…1yr1Y

Welfare benefits should be replaced by a universal basic inome program

 @9FGF448answered…1yr1Y

I don't understand enough about this but maybe more, and provide less benefits to immigrants.

 @9HK9YD6 answered…12mos12MO

Providers of benefits with unit against legend former US president Donald Trump and former UK Prime minister's office dramatic money raised

 @9G6MCTWanswered…1yr1Y

Should not allow people coming to this country and not born here to be on the benefit as they came to this country and had to have money too. Unless they have medical issues then they should find a job.

 @9G5X8RRanswered…1yr1Y

I believe those on welfare need to be actively searching for work drug tested and can't be on it for more than a specified capped time. I think it's disgusting that people who aren't working can be receiving more than a fulltime worker.

 @9G5NH46answered…1yr1Y

Not relevant to me so I don’t know enough about this. However, Ensure benefits are spent on food, housing, clothing, medical needs. Not alcohol or drugs or tobacco or vapes

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…7mos7MO

WHO Official Says Vaccine Passports Were A Scam

The World Health Organization’s Dr. Hanna Nohynek testified in court that she advised her government that vaccine passports were not needed but was ignored, despite explaining that the COVID vaccines did not stop virus transmission and the passports gave a false sense of security. The stunning revelations came to light in a Helsinki courtroom where Finnish citizen Mika Vauhkala is suing after he was denied entry to a café for not having a vaccine passport.Dr. Nohynek is chief physician at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and serves as the WHO’s chair of Strategic Group of Experts on immunization. Testifying yesterday, she stated that the Finnish Institute for Health knew by the summer of 2021 that the COVID-19 vaccines did not stop virus transmissionDuring that same 2021 time period, the WHO said it was working to "create an international trusted framework" for safe travel while EU members states began rolling out COVID passports. The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation passed in July 2021 and more than 2.3 billion certificates were later issued. Visitors to France were banned if they did not have a valid vaccine passport which citizens had to carry to buy food at stores or to use public transport.But Dr. Nohynek testified yesterday that her institute advised the Finnish government in late 2021 that COVID passports no longer made sense, yet certificates continued to be required. Finnish journalist Ike Novikoff reported the news yesterday after leaving the Helsinki courtroom where Dr. Nohynek spoke.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Claudia Sheinbaum Elected as Mexico’s First Female President

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