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“You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.”
― Abraham Lincoln
― Abraham Lincoln
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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We see a lot with welfare, that people who unfortunately end up within its safety net, then end up trapped, its a real problem. I know the government are working to try and solve this issue, but the pace at which they are working to solve it can only be described as "glacial" basically it just means that the money a person is allowed to keep from employment - lost beefit money, must be much higher than the orgional benefit.
Or more simply if i get £300 per week on benefits, then am i going to start working for £303 take home each week?
This leads us into the next problem, this is where we end up with second or even third generation welfare. this is a different kettle of fish. These are not people who have became trapped they are people brought up with the idea of "entitlement". The fact they have never paid a single penny into the system does not seem to matter. They are entitled to £x per week, and a two bed house, and council tax payments. Hey maybe, if i have another kid, I will be entitled to a 3 bed house, and £x.
its not an easy task to reverse this mindset and I do not envy any government who try to, Though it is government that is the cause of this problem. Handouts and benefits in return for cast votes.
So thats where we are, so many people with the sense of "entitlement".
I remember asking my dad for pocket money as a kid, some of my friends got it. Dad said "ok, if you can keep the grass cut and my car clean then i will give you £2 each week you do it" - "I asked what about my pocket money before that though, like my friends?"
I will never forget dads reply - "The world does not owe you a living James, if you want to earn some money and are willing to do some jobs for it, that's fine, but you will get nothing for nothing"
Sure i was the richest kid of them all in the village, but Daddy taught me how with his simple lesson.
Taught me one the best lessons I ever learned, but still now has lost the right to use my Sunday name. The only person allowed to do that is my mother, and even then, she can only do so when i am naughty.