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Nov 9 2015, 07:50 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:46 PM) I am talking about either abusing food banks. I also said that some people have problems with handling their money; is a food bank the answer? They were originally set-up for people in crisis. Food banks are no-more an answer than an ambulance is an 'answer' to RTAs, but they are still necessary.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE (Mr Brown @ Nov 9 2015, 06:49 PM) You'll always get people who manipulate the system. For instance I've known a good few 'honest and upright' who'll fatten an insurance claim with no qualms whatsoever - again, because it's so easy. That doesn't mean insurance is wrong because it discourages prudence! That maybe the case; but the question is do we need food banks or do we need to educate people on how to use the money they get.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:53 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 9 2015, 07:50 PM) They were originally set-up for people in crisis. Food banks are no-more an answer than an ambulance is an 'answer' to RTAs, but they are still necessary. But are they though? Why do some people need it, while other don't (but in are the same situation; i.e. getting the same money).
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:51 PM) That maybe the case; but the question is do we need food banks or do we need to educate people on how to use the money they get. We will 'need' both.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:53 PM) But are they though? Why do some people need it, while other don't (but in are the same situation; i.e. getting the same money). Because it is unlikely that two situations are identical. Often 'need' comes around when a change in circumstances occur.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 9 2015, 07:53 PM) We will 'need' both. No; because one will cancel out the other. From talking to people who use them and don't use them it boils down to ability to handle money.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:55 PM) No; because one will cancel out the other. From talking to people who use them and don't use them it boils down to ability to handle money. I refer you to my last comment.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:58 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 9 2015, 07:54 PM) Because it is unlikely that two situations are identical. Often 'need' comes around when a change in circumstances occur. That is true; but that could be down to one person takes on more than another. By giving that person - who can't handle money - help with food disadvantages the ones that are thrifty. It isn't actually helping that person who needs help. Education is better than just giving willy-nilly.
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Nov 9 2015, 07:59 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 9 2015, 07:57 PM) I refer you to my last comment. And I refer you to my last comment.
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Nov 9 2015, 08:02 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:46 PM) I am talking about either abusing food banks. I also said that some people have problems with handling their money; is a food bank the answer? That's a wholly separate question. It doesn't matter a fig if people are abusing Food Banks, because we, as a community, aren't paying for them. Put it this way, my neighbour cuts my hedge for nothing because he likes to keep the area neat. That actually 'encourages' me to be lazy and untidy - so should he stop? Yes, some people do have problems handling money and the running of their households. But where is the standard? It's not only benefit claimants that have this issue of course. Are you suggesting we should take the 'feed my kids at school' policy of the Coalition a stage further and have dormitories at schools because some parents let their kids stay up too late, to the detriment if their education? If we do, guess who gets to pay!
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Nov 9 2015, 08:10 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:58 PM) That is true; but that could be down to one person takes on more than another. By giving that person - who can't handle money - help with food disadvantages the ones that are thrifty. It isn't actually helping that person who needs help. Education is better than just giving willy-nilly. No-one suggests giving willy-nilly, but how does someone who can't handle money being given a dozens free tins of of blue stripe baked beans disadvantage the prudent one? QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:59 PM) And I refer you to my last comment. Your contrived scenarios doesn't cover all eventualities. Of course some people need help with money management, but I also believe there are genuine people in need too. Two people on the same income doesn't guarantee that both have the same outgoings.
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Nov 9 2015, 08:21 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Nov 9 2015, 08:10 PM) No-one suggests giving willy-nilly, but how does someone who can't handle money being given a dozens free tins of of blue stripe baked beans disadvantage the prudent one? Of course it does. You are giving extra to the bad handler of money and nothing to the prudent one. The prudent one will quickly learn to play the game though. But in the long run does that achieve anything? As for a dozen free tins of beans; that isn't the issue here. QUOTE Your contrived scenarios doesn't cover all eventualities. Of course some people need help with money management, but I also believe there are genuine people in need too. Two people on the same income doesn't guarantee that both have the same outgoings. I am not saying they aren't genuine. But genuine why? Genuine because they can't handle their money so need help with food banks?
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Nov 9 2015, 08:22 PM
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QUOTE (On the edge @ Nov 9 2015, 08:02 PM) That's a wholly separate question. It doesn't matter a fig if people are abusing Food Banks, because we, as a community, aren't paying for them. Put it this way, my neighbour cuts my hedge for nothing because he likes to keep the area neat. That actually 'encourages' me to be lazy and untidy - so should he stop? Yes, some people do have problems handling money and the running of their households. But where is the standard? It's not only benefit claimants that have this issue of course. Are you suggesting we should take the 'feed my kids at school' policy of the Coalition a stage further and have dormitories at schools because some parents let their kids stay up too late, to the detriment if their education? If we do, guess who gets to pay! I agree we aren't paying for them. But that wasn't my issue. And I also don't care if people use them for whatever reason. None of that was my point.
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Nov 9 2015, 08:58 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 07:50 PM) Doesn't society do that as a matter of course, anyway? Otherwise any Tom, **** or Harry will just claim Tax payers money. No, why do you need to "classify those in need"? Are you running a food bank? As I understand it the professionals who make the referrals to the Trussell Trust food banks use their judgement to assess the acute crisis need on the evidence before them - I'm going to take a punt here and say that I doubt the possession of a mobile phone is one of the things they look for to assess that need. Actually they're very likely to have a mobile phone, most people do, and the thing about an acute welfare crisis, its main distinguishing feature, is that it's acute - sudden, unplanned, unexpected. There's little value in a mobile phone handset and it's generally impossible to terminate a phone contract without notice so even if they had no money at all for food I'd still expect them to have their phone and it's asinine to suggest that they're abusing the charity of strangers on that imagined "evidence" when all that we know about the Trussell method of only handing food on referral and then only for there weeks maximum assures us that their method is not open to abuse. My overwhelming concern is for the food bank claimants and the fact that the state welfare system is incapable of preventing, and quite possibly responsible for creating, the kind of desperate situation that no civilised society should ignore.
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Nov 9 2015, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 08:21 PM) Of course it does. You are giving extra to the bad handler of money and nothing to the prudent one. The prudent one will quickly learn to play the game though. But in the long run does that achieve anything? As for a dozen free tins of beans; that isn't the issue here. You said it disadvantages the prudent one; using your argument it doesn't. QUOTE (GMR @ Nov 9 2015, 08:21 PM) I am not saying they aren't genuine. But genuine why? Genuine because they can't handle their money so need help with food banks? Or they don't have any money because their benefit claims are taking too long? Or have recently experienced a down-turn in luck. I find in life a large chunk of 'prudent', 'skilled' and 'thrifty' people are so by a number of things and it is not always completely deserved: fortune has a lot to do with it too, and that includes who your parents are. I'm not going to deny people food banks, even the ones that are stretching their entitlement. I would rather be where I am then theirs' any day, and there are much bigger villains of the piece than 'benefit scroungers'.
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