Thursday 20 August 2009

Benefit Busters

I'm off to watch this programme now, just to see what we taxpayers are getting in return for the £123 million we pay to Action 4 Employment Ltd every year.

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14 comments:

bayard said...

Fuck me! No wonder the woman who runs it is a multi-millionaire. Is there no limit to the amount of cash the gov't will spend to save a few pounds on welfare? It reminds me of their attempt to get refugees to return home - it would have been cheaper to give the £10,000 each and tell them to fuck off out of the country, which no doubt they would have done, laughing.

20 August 2009 at 21:41
James Higham said...

Action 4 Employment Ltd

Didn't realize I was paying anything.

20 August 2009 at 22:34
Mark Wadsworth said...

Bayard, there is no limit on the amount the government will pay to businesses run by their cronies, and don't imagine for one second the Tories will be any different.

JH, well you do know. So it's not just £123 million of our money but a whole week of free advertising on Channel 4 (a state-controlled broadcaster).

20 August 2009 at 23:33
Anonymous said...

It was like an infomercial for Action 4 Employment Ltd. When I watched this all sorts of alarm bells went off. The ring of stars on the (empty) star chart on the wall suggested some kind of EU funding. Is this a strange hybrid of fake charity and public/private partnership enriching the lifestyle of a fake northern woman?

20 August 2009 at 23:42
bayard said...

"Bayard, there is no limit on the amount the government will pay to businesses run by their cronies,"
Sigh, 'twas ever thus and no doubt ever will be. At least they were more honest about such things in the C18th - the only progress we've made since then is down the road of hypocrisy.
"and don't imagine for one second the Tories will be any different."
I don't. I thought in 1997 that NuLab would be different, but I'm not making that mistake again.

21 August 2009 at 09:20
Lola said...

I knew it would be a waste of time and just make my blood boil so I didn't watch it. Talked to Mrs Lola instead, as I wanted some intelligent conversation.

21 August 2009 at 13:19
Mark Wadsworth said...

L, I forced myself to watch it to see where our money went (nowhere fast). The best bit was Yvette at the end explaining that her benefits were relatively high (single Mum, four kids) and her net income would go down if she took the relatively low-paid job that she was offered.

21 August 2009 at 13:38
JuliaM said...

"Is there no limit to the amount of cash the gov't will spend to save a few pounds on welfare? "

Doesn't look like it, does it?

21 August 2009 at 17:14
Fausty said...

It's so sad to see how welfare has trapped people into poverty - and denial. It should never have been allowed to develop.

I recall the left bleating that nobody should have to accept charity, because it was 'demeaning'! Shame is an excellent teacher, for those who are willing to learn.

Anon - same alarm bells rang here.

21 August 2009 at 19:35
Mark Wadsworth said...

Fausty, Yvette wasn't in denial, she just did the economically rational thing and turned down the job (rather heavy heartedly, I had the impression).

21 August 2009 at 19:42
Fausty said...

True, Mark. And few in her place would behave differently. The system virtually encouraged her to become a scrounger.

21 August 2009 at 23:04
ukipwebmaster said...

Burning our money has a juicy update here:
http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2009/08/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it.html

24 August 2009 at 17:05
Mark Wadsworth said...

UKIPWM, ta for that, excellent article.

24 August 2009 at 17:11
New Deal said...

It is A4e Ltd now I believe.

The whole New Deal scheme is just to hide the real unemployment figures.

24 August 2009 at 18:34

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