Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:

[chrismayla6@zirk.us]

Drawing together two themes from recent discussions in my timeline, its worth re-emphasising that:

In-work & housing benefits are not (in the last instance) policies that help the poor rather they are a mechanism to funnel state fund into supporting profits for low-wage employers, and landlords (whose rents are higher than they would be without housing & other benefits being paid to the poor).

So when people talk about 'benefits cheats' you might want to point this out...

#benefits #politics

[smsm1@mastodon.green]

@ChrisMayLA6 so if we had more council housing, it would mean the money would be funneled to councils rather than landlord profits, and also help to keep rents down. Seems like a good idea, except for landlords.

[geofcox@climatejustice.social]

@smsm1 @ChrisMayLA6

In 1975, 80% of government housing expenditure went on the construction of social housing; by 2000, 85% was instead going directly to landlords, via housing benefit.
Thatcherism = socialism for the rich.