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[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

“Austerity” it’s just politician-speak for fucking over poor people with tax cuts for the rich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Lol, the shills are downvoting you for telling the truth.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

Someone needs to take this guy and his humanity pass amd bury him under 2 meters of shit

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (6 children)

What is the logic behind this? Serious question

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s easier to take money from poor people than rich people

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Poor people can’t afford lawyers to fight this kind of thing in court.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

"Fuck the poor"

These are conservatives we're talking about. That's the beginning and end of their logic.

The figleaf is the usual trickle down "tax cuts will boost the economy, rising tide all boats, yada yada" nonsense that has been resoundingly discredited for decades. It doesn't matter. The tories don't care because they know they're just doing this to make rich people richer at the expense of poor people, and their voters don't care because they'll believe anything if it means fucking over immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised at how many people in the UK demonise foreigners and benefit claimants. Sunak has basically done nothing outside of support populism, so this is just a grab to try to get both conservatives that want lower taxes, and flag-shaggers that love Brexit, hate foreigners and freeloaders, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

If you fall on hard times and need the help and support of your community you're weak and unproductive and should be disposed of so someone more productive can move in to your domicile unit and pick up where you left off. It's just good business.

Please stop thinking and get back to work. Don't forget, it's Hawaiian shirt day on Friday!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

Probably because “fuck ‘em, what they gonna do?”.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
  1. More money for us
  2. Fuck you
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It's class war. Plain and simple. The rich have been fighting a class war on everybody else and a lot of people unfortunately seen to enjoy being fleeced.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

hood robbin'

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Well, points for being transparent, I guess? 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm so confused as to what they've been doing the past 15 years and still hasn't got the results they claim it will.. 🤔🤔🤔
(/s to be clear)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh come on guys, it's not like he's married to a greedy billionaire wealth-hoarder who is directly contributing to the poverty in the UK .

Give the guy a break, I heard he had to wear a washed pair of socks once

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Hey, let’s not forget that time he almost put fuel in a car!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The UK is effectively colonizing its own people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They've got the biggest and best resume when it comes to colonizin; can't let all that experience go to waste!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Another Bengal Famine but this time Britain is thinking globally and acting locally.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Of course. Why tax the wealthy when you can starve the poor even harder for existing. Assholes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's right, f.... the poor, they have no lobby anyway! Tories are reverse Robin Hoods.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Sunak and the Tories trying not to be awful people challenge (100% impossible).

Sunak is still coping with being bullied.