[thechat] canada's new democratic party

[Martin Burns]

On 27 Jan 2003, John Handelaar wrote:

>  at 18:48, Tara Cleveland wrote:
> >
> > I'm really sick of people who say "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and
> > then implement sickening programs like these that are punitive, cruel,
> > mean-spirited and don't save money.
>
> And there's the big one.  Don't.  Save.  Money.
>
> In the UK we have the Child Support Agency, created
> in order to "save taxpayers' money" by finding and billing
> the absent (usually) fathers of single mothers claiming
> benefits.

And note that it was *nothing* to do with ensuring that absent parents
supported their children. Dubbed the Chancellor Support Agency, it ensured
instead that the government didn't have to spend money on Income Support.

Cheers
Martin
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