VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1372284139|CONTENT|I heard an interview on R4 this PM with a gubmint minister (couldn&#039;t be bothered to pay attention to hear which one, I was listening to music at the same time) where the interviewer trapped him into a corner by pointing out that the money being saved was not the issue. &quot;So who&#039;s going to pay for the extra bureaucracy that this means-testing is going to bring in?&quot; was basically what she asked, and his reply was &quot;Well, the money we save will pay for those staff.&quot; &quot;So this measure is not about saving money, it&#039;s about making a statement?&quot; &quot;Well, it&#039;s a matter of common sense. You don&#039;t pay money to people who don&#039;t need it.&quot; &quot;So it&#039;s a political decision, not an economic one?&quot; &quot;Well, it&#039;s plain common sense, it&#039;s only fair that we take the money away from people because we think they don&#039;t deserve to have it ...&quot;

11 billion pounds cut from the welfare budget. But they&#039;re increasing the budget for surveillance operations.

SIEG HEIL! SIEG HEIL! EINS ZWEI DREI FIER!

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