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Could Ian Duncan Smith live on £53 a week?

Jon

Could Ian Duncan Smith live on £53 a week?

No. Anyone could probably do it for a week..... but in the long term, NO NO NO.

There is a petition for him to prove that he can (can't).

There seems to be no thought given to WHY people are not in work. These are my 3:

  • Not enough jobs.
  • Consumer/capitalist based economy.
  • Peoples ability to work (confidence, disability etc).

The government seems to think that all the above can just written off as 'lazy'.

It would be great if ALL people were helped in realising then achieving their full potential. That would be a great society.

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  • Finally read the article about Andrew Wakefield.What I learned:

    • He apparently wants to make a Autism reality TV show in the US!
    • He had Wakefield applied for a patent on a single-jab measles vaccine before his campaign against the MMR vaccine.
    • He is discredited in the UK and now lives in the States.

    Towards the end of the article Micael Fitzpatrick says:

    'the key problem, still, for parents of autistic childrenis that doctors will say they don't what causes it and theres nothing you can do about it - two things that are difficult to live with........(for parents) the need to do something can be overwhelmming.....And then someone else comes along and says your doctor is useless, that they know what caused it, and that you can do something about it...'.

    I thought that was interesting and although I am not sure that all doctors say there is 'nothing' you can do I kind of understand what he means. When you are left feeling helpless and possibly with no support and no answers then it is understandable that people are desperate to try and do something and wuite vulnerable to potential 'quacks'.

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  • Finally read the article about Andrew Wakefield.What I learned:

    • He apparently wants to make a Autism reality TV show in the US!
    • He had Wakefield applied for a patent on a single-jab measles vaccine before his campaign against the MMR vaccine.
    • He is discredited in the UK and now lives in the States.

    Towards the end of the article Micael Fitzpatrick says:

    'the key problem, still, for parents of autistic childrenis that doctors will say they don't what causes it and theres nothing you can do about it - two things that are difficult to live with........(for parents) the need to do something can be overwhelmming.....And then someone else comes along and says your doctor is useless, that they know what caused it, and that you can do something about it...'.

    I thought that was interesting and although I am not sure that all doctors say there is 'nothing' you can do I kind of understand what he means. When you are left feeling helpless and possibly with no support and no answers then it is understandable that people are desperate to try and do something and wuite vulnerable to potential 'quacks'.

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