Originally posted on the void:
The contemptible idea that benefits for young people should be means-tested based on their parent’s wealth is a recipe for tearing fractured families apart. Young people whose parents decide they don’t want to pay their dole will face having to declare themselves ‘estranged’ from their parents, a process which could see them leaving the family home. Those who have faced parental abuse will be trapped with their abusers for even longer as the welfare state fails to provide a safety net. Of course posh wankers like Miliband don’t think this kind of thing can go on in…
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