Read it.
Used to be, if people were hungry, attempts would be made to feed them and therefore keep them from starving. Nowadays, that’s apparently not enough.
It is, of course, a fact universally acknowledge that the government has a legitimate right and power to supervise every waking moment, and hence is morally culpable (even if legally bulletproof) for any aspect of one’s life that fails to suit — not the person, but any busybody external collective that feels entitled to dictate to other people (which is all of them).
The growing reliance on food banks in the UK is “storing-up a health nightmare for the future,” the Government has been warned, as new research into rising levels of food poverty in Britain revealed the lack of nutritional standards being met by suppliers.
I really love that weasel phrase ‘food poverty’. Poverty is not relieved by having food, but only by having the right kind of food, as determined by people whose only expertise is in getting their message into the media.
The research also reveals the extent to which Iain Duncan Smith’s strict clamp down on benefits has driven people to food banks, with two thirds of people relying on them saying benefit sanctions and late benefit payments were the reason why they were forced to rely on charity for food.
Because, after all, nobody in his right mind would expect them to, you know, actually work and provide themselves with their own food. That’s crazy talk.
This entry was posted on Monday, September 7th, 2015 at 05:02 and is filed under Axis of Drivel -- Adventures in Narrative Media.
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