Comments for Such stuff as dreams are made of at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:05:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/welfare/such-stuff-as-dreams-are-made-of-200807241752/#comment-635 So the government had a good idea at last. The problem is, they will ruin it - they always do. When Labour introduced the whole idea of welfare, they pinched one of the only good services unions offered. 60 years later, generations of playing the system have developed their own ways of getting by. When the rug is pulled from under them - as should happen - they will be in pain for a long time until they develop the skills to earn an honest living. The problem is, this long term pain will be effecting the rest of us until the system gets back to being how it should be of helping those who really can't help themselves. As I see it, the sledgehammer approach used by the government will not address these issues. - Oli Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:18:01 +0100