The Curmudgeon

YOU'LL COME FOR THE CURSES. YOU'LL STAY FOR THE MUDGEONRY.

Monday, February 03, 2014

Genuine Hardship

Despite the Government's best efforts to simplify the benefits system so far that even Iain Duncan Smith can understand it, a depressing number of the deserving poor are still at considerable risk. The cap on rewards for failure means that senior bankers cannot even rely on their seven-figure bonuses to keep their children from starving. Instead, they are forced into underhanded tactics like seven-figure shares payouts, and humiliating expedients like running to the shareholders for extra pocket money. The next time you read complaints from some behind-the-blinds lurker who is nevertheless healthy enough to use social media, perhaps you might spare a thought for Antony Jenkins and his ilk, to whom we owe so much of our present situation and yet who have thus far shared so little in its joys.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home