• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    Vouchers for shops instead of money and increased access to care for the worthy are not compassion.

    • rah@feddit.uk
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      7 months ago

      are not compassion

      Did they use the word compassion or did you introduce the word?

      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        7 months ago

        They said it - “fair and compassionate”. I can only assume they use a different dictionary to me.

        Alongside the paper, Mr Stride also addressed the Commons, saying: “This government’s priority is to make sure that our welfare system is fair and compassionate. Fair on the taxpayer, by ensuring that people of working age who can work, do work, and fair on those who are in most need of the state’s help.”

      • ReCursing@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        7 months ago

        The problem with vouchers is they can only be used in limited places. What we need is some kind of universal voucher that can be used anywhere to be exchanged for goods and services. Maybe we could put a monarch’s head on one side and some sort of famous scientist on the other or something. It needs a name that says you can use it all around, something that gives and impression of usage both round the corner and round the supermarket. some word that sounds like round maybe

        • FatLegTed@feddit.uk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          7 months ago

          Why don’t we just adopt the leaf as currency? There’s millions of them and they grow on trees.

        • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          7 months ago

          It seems like it would be quick and convenient to use - quick as a flash, perhaps? Also, it’s quite funny they’d not thought of this universal voucher system, it sounds like a winner! I wonder if the universal voucher could have alternate names too, rhyming with “flash” or “funny”?