tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post2857216107009876029..comments2023-09-22T12:13:17.476+01:00Comments on Peter Dow's political defence blog: Refused sick note by Dr Adrian Crofton, Carden Medical Practice, AberdeenPeter Dowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-36949989987484997432017-04-11T18:17:33.073+01:002017-04-11T18:17:33.073+01:00I've now changed the setting on my blog so tha...I've now changed the setting on my blog so that you need to be a registered user (includes OpenID) to comment.<br /><br />I'm hoping this will discourage anonymous trolls making insulting comments.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-27331165645573208192017-04-10T09:39:11.512+01:002017-04-10T09:39:11.512+01:00@Anonymous 9 April 2017 at 18:44
Some of the que...@Anonymous 9 April 2017 at 18:44 <br /><br />Some of the questions you are asking I have been asked already and answered already in above comments.<br /><br />To paraphrase what they say in the House of Commons, I refer the honourable gentleman to the answers I posted here earlier.<br /><br /><a href="http://peter-dow.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/refused-sick-note-by-dr-adrian-crofton.html?showComment=1489490262342#c4866054708501631782" rel="nofollow">My science education qualification certificates - in a comment published above 14 March 2017 at 11:17</a><br /><br /><a href="http://peter-dow.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/refused-sick-note-by-dr-adrian-crofton.html?showComment=1490318666620#c8073905005298459914" rel="nofollow">What science research I do and Where I publish my science results - in a comment published above 24 March 2017 at 01:24</a><br /><br />As a political activist I serve the people, of Aberdeen, of Scotland, of Britain, of Europe, of the Commonwealth, of the USA and anyone I can in the world.<br /><br />I do not consider Jeremy Corbyn to be my political Messiah.<br /><br />My political Messiah and Saviour is Condoleezza Rice.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDRbE_3PC9c" rel="nofollow">Condoleezza Rice meets Obama. 2nd coming of the Messiah?</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX0PD8PmvXs" rel="nofollow">The Fall of Rome: Our saviour Condoleezza Rice vs. The Pope</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZLNeyVp2A" rel="nofollow">Condoleezza Rice from God. Catholics, know your place.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHXUtjMarw0" rel="nofollow">Condoleezza Rice voices new hope for Bethlehem and Palestine</a><br /><br />I also run <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/rice-for-president/info" rel="nofollow">Rice for President Yahoo Group</a><br /><i>"Condoleezza Rice for President. Join this group of supporters from everywhere on the world wide web."</i><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laB7vKvOSv4&list=PLC88B108ED71F35D4" rel="nofollow">Rice for President Video Playlist</a>Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-54056857971786763602017-04-09T19:00:53.495+01:002017-04-09T19:00:53.495+01:00I SERVED my country for 22 years saw men beg to li...I SERVED my country for 22 years saw men beg to live saw some beg to die. You are not worthy to lick their shoes. They stand for all that is right for this country and you stand for nothing. How is it right that someone like you can live off the state for years and still complain when our serving men and women get nothing at end of service?<br /><br />Stress you do not know the meaning of the word<br /><br />Do not say it is the governments fault as Labour bought the new rules in. <br /><br />When will you do something for your country?<br /><br />By that I mean get a job?<br /><br />I think I will be long dead by the time that miracle will happen.<br /><br />You are absolutely unemployable!!! Does not say much for being a scientist or activist does it? Before you say it is my choice I do hope the new rules coming in make you the first targetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-25652323378170094072017-04-09T18:44:36.334+01:002017-04-09T18:44:36.334+01:00It's not "lazy" to spend as many or ...It's not "lazy" to spend as many or more hours in the day doing my duties as a scientist and a political activist as the hours worked by a paid work<br /><br /><br />If you are unemployed how are you a scientist? Where do you carry out your work? Is it to do with growing brain cells in a dish? This would be extremely useful to yourself as it may assist you in gaining employment.<br /><br />Political activist to whom? The messiah Jeremy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-90578499190700175462017-04-09T15:57:05.830+01:002017-04-09T15:57:05.830+01:00@Anonymous,
It's not "lazy" to spen...@Anonymous,<br /><br />It's not "lazy" to spend as many or more hours in the day doing my duties as a scientist and a political activist as the hours worked by a paid worker.<br /><br />I object to your misogynist phrase <i>"lazy twat"</i>.<br /><br />Women and their genitals must be revered at all times in a feminist society which, as a radical feminist, I will insist on fighting for.<br /><br />It is such as your insulting of women's genitals which is the first wrong step downwards to the hell of such evils as female genital mutilation.<br /><br />For me to be compared to a woman's genitals I would take as a complement so it was your adjective "lazy" applied to "twat" which I object to.<br /><br />Women's genitals are not "lazy", "stupid", "obnoxious" etc.<br /><br />Rather women's genitals are functional, worthy of attention and care, beautiful, lovely and often exciting to behold, to caress and to kiss.<br /><br />I obey the law and as such I do toe the same line as everyone else.<br /><br />In this age of the internet, we are able to self-organise and so you can google the internet for my name and see many on-line posts which I have put my name to where I have assisted the organisation of science and politics.<br /><br />I do not always put my name to my on-line posts because that can often allow trolls bait or an excuse to change the subject.<br /><br />Socialism is but one good and useful political values word <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKhrg3CSpc" rel="nofollow"><b>among many</b></a>.<br /><br />Socialism does not mean <i>"poverty, misery and tyranny"</i> which are quite different words altogether.<br /><br />No values word uttered by stupid and cruel men justifies their stupidity and cruelty, in the 20th or any other century.<br /><br />One word does not specify the recipe for a society that works well to serve the people, be that word "socialism" or "capitalism".<br /><br />I do explain what my political values mean to me in detail using many words but it is not my fault if and when stupid people misuse one of the words which I use.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-90072688756433850292017-04-09T07:30:57.063+01:002017-04-09T07:30:57.063+01:00You said
"For me, doing pointless job-seeking...You said<br />"For me, doing pointless job-seeking for 15 years that helps nobody but is just jumping through hoops on the orders of clerical workers is a terrible waste of my abilities to help people. It's a violation and a betrayal of my duty as a socialist to live a good and meaningful and worthwhile life".<br /><br />Which means you are a lazy twat that does not want to toe the same line as everyone else. I do not see your name on any organisation that states you assist them in any way! <br /><br />From the FEE (self funding)<br />Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery.<br /><br />The main difference between capitalism and socialism is this: Capitalism works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-76784443976924918972017-04-06T19:43:06.669+01:002017-04-06T19:43:06.669+01:00Anonymous 6 April 2017 at 16:35,
It's not a q...Anonymous 6 April 2017 at 16:35,<br /><br />It's not a question of being "workshy". For 15 years I did the job-search at the job-centre with no shyness whatsoever.<br /><br />However, I was finally after 15 years UNABLE to complete their job-seeking diktats to their satisfaction.<br /><br />I simply could no longer focus my mind on pointless job applying due to my extreme mental revulsion. It had become an unbearable mental torture - a cruel and unusual punishment. I simply couldn't bear to do it any more. I could not will myself to do it any more. I was unable to summon the will power to do it.<br /><br />Then I got sanctioned, lost my income, had no social security, had to go to food banks, could not pay my bills, was very upset and angry and then I had a complete mental breakdown, threatened the jobcentre staff and the police were called to arrest me and I was banned from the jobcentre.<br /><br />So I now have a particular but genuine severe mental disability which makes me unfit for work.<br /><br />What I want to do, would do anything to do, is my scientific duties for humanity, my politics in the service of the people and my courting of the ladies to find a wife maybe.<br /><br />Those things I enjoy doing - except when I am unjustly arrested - and so normally I can focus quite well. It's not paid work per se but I am making a contribution in the community, not doing any harm and legally qualifying for social security so I am entitled to ESA because I am UNABLE to work.<br /><br />Socialists believe in doing things that are right as seen by the light of their own conscience, to live a good and worthwhile life to help other people - they don't want ever to do bad things, wrong things, just because someone offers to pay them to do that bad, wrong thing.<br /><br />For me, doing pointless job-seeking for 15 years that helps nobody but is just jumping through hoops on the orders of clerical workers is a terrible waste of my abilities to help people. It's a violation and a betrayal of my duty as a socialist to live a good and meaningful and worthwhile life.<br /><br />I'm neither "lumpen" (I am highly educated) nor am I "proletariat" (I've not had any children).Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-77503555546840272922017-04-06T16:35:24.893+01:002017-04-06T16:35:24.893+01:00"Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a ..."Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a benefit for people who are unable to work due to illness or disability" ~DWP<br /><br />Here's the thing. ESA is for those UNABLE to work, not those UNWILLING to do certain work.<br /><br />The thing which bothers me is that there are people who genuinely want to work. They would do anything to work, but for whatever reason they can't do a thing! That's bad enough on its own, but they then have to claim social security, and upon doing so are stigmatised. Why are they stigmatised? Because social security is claimed by so many for whom it is not meant. Genuine disabled and ill people are bundled together with the workshy. <br /><br />I'm curious how you can consider yourself a socialist when you seem to be the very definition of the lumpenproletariat. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-67213314768465159652017-04-05T19:53:20.470+01:002017-04-05T19:53:20.470+01:00@Anonymous 5 April 2017 at 15:47
Hey, call me &qu...@Anonymous 5 April 2017 at 15:47<br /><br />Hey, call me "Peter".<br /><br />Oh I've always claimed to be a scientist, including when posting in that thread on Army.ca Forums in 2012.<br /><br /><a href="http://army.ca/forums/index.php/topic,107127.msg1171880.html#msg1171880" rel="nofollow"><br /><b>Topic: How to beat the Taliban in Afghanistan / Pakistan (and win the war on terror)</b><br />Reply #88 on: September 11, 2012, 13:47:03 »</a><br /><br /><i>"I am a scientist. I also have some experience of military strategy games, such as "Company of Heroes". I used to play chess but computer games are more fun and realistic.<br /><br />So I have a thoughtful, analytical and strategic mind and I'd like to help.<br /><br />If our military was serious about winning our wars, scientists, mathematicians, gamers, like me would be recruited to run our wars.<br /><br />Instead, time-served soldiers with plenty of experience with firing guns but not much clue about strategy get the generals' jobs and we struggle, too many soldiers get killed, wars drag on.<br /><br />We ought to employ people with the right skills to do the military leadership job."</i><br /><br />Needless to say, Obama did it his way and the Taliban still haven't been beaten. Obama got Bin Laden but he didn't get Bin Laden's controllers in the Pakistani military.<br /><br />Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-66713266239299661952017-04-05T15:47:13.935+01:002017-04-05T15:47:13.935+01:00Hey Mr Dow, you are now claiming to be a scientist...Hey Mr Dow, you are now claiming to be a scientist? Last time we met online you were proposing a strategy to win the war in Afghanistan:<br /><br />http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?topic=107127.0<br /><br />Comedy gold.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-2599531767394373542017-04-04T17:20:45.209+01:002017-04-04T17:20:45.209+01:00I've been on NO money, £0 a week, since the en...I've been on NO money, £0 a week, since the end of January, apart from housing benefit which doesn't even cover all my rent. Having no money, being arrested and taken to court is what makes a low quality life.<br /><br />And it is entirely of your own making!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-67323124011800781442017-04-04T12:22:09.523+01:002017-04-04T12:22:09.523+01:00@Drunken Poet,
LOL. Brilliant.
Worth a reward bu...@Drunken Poet,<br /><br />LOL. Brilliant.<br /><br />Worth a reward but I'm afraid if I paid you anything you would spend it on drink.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-72376680034634739652017-04-04T11:13:01.319+01:002017-04-04T11:13:01.319+01:00Peter Dow has got no money
Some people think that&...Peter Dow has got no money<br />Some people think that's funny<br />An unemployed scientist from Aberdeen<br />Who really does hate the queen<br />He expressed his political views on Twitter<br />But the police came and made his life shitter<br />Those who persecute him are not nice<br />A man who worships Condi Rice<br />Now he's searching for love online <br />And needing some money to pay his fine<br />The Drunken Poetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-17604605303491597632017-04-04T08:01:35.913+01:002017-04-04T08:01:35.913+01:00@Liz Scott (Airdrie, Lanarkshire)
20 years unempl...@Liz Scott (Airdrie, Lanarkshire)<br /><br />20 years unemployed. 10 years on the sick.<br /><br />It's what I achieved while being 30 years unemployed / on-the-sick that matters. I've been busy with my unpaid duties in science and politics - putting my intelligence, skills and talent to good use and that's mostly a high quality life except when getting harassed and sanctioned by the Jobcentre and Work Capability Assessments.<br /><br />However I wouldn't have been unemployed and sick for so long if the universities in Aberdeen were properly managed and didn't exclude me and didn't get support from the police and courts to exclude people who shouldn't be excluded.<br /><br />Pay attention Liz. The reason I am blogging this post is I needed a sick note to appeal the decision of the DWP to stop my Employment and Support Allowance following a Work Capability Assessment.<br /><br />I've been on NO money, £0 a week, since the end of January, apart from housing benefit which doesn't even cover all my rent. Having no money, being arrested and taken to court is what makes a low quality life.<br /><br />Every time the state, the system thinks it knows better than me what to do with my life they act harmfully against me to reduce my quality of life.<br /><br />This blog shouts from the rooftops that I am very unhappy, very angry and very stressed with the stupid and harmful actions of the state to exclude me from university, to arrest me for my political activities and to sanction my benefits.<br /><br />But I don't need or want a happy pill from the doctor to make that stress go away. I want political action to bring the incompetent harmful police state to heel to stop it ruining my life and preventing me helping others.<br /><br />There are many very bad police officers, very bad judges, very bad civil servants and very bad university managers who need sacking - to make a better run, more productive, more prosperous and happy country.<br />Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-50635714392091733292017-04-04T03:00:08.895+01:002017-04-04T03:00:08.895+01:0030 years of solid unemployment - that's quite ...30 years of solid unemployment - that's quite an achievement! Surprised ATOS Healthcare never picked you up on their radar for a DWP Work Capability Assessment.<br /><br />Still if you are happy enough scraping away on £80 a week and having a low quality of life then good luck to you. Seems an awful waste though as you obviously have a combination of intelligence, skills and even some talent.<br />Liz Scott (Airdrie, Lanarkshire)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-82172447981299860782017-03-30T16:56:22.889+01:002017-03-30T16:56:22.889+01:00Typo alert
You said "I'm not a moron but...<br />Typo alert<br /><br />You said "I'm not a moron but a qualified scientist".<br /><br />But you have not got a job! You can say what you want but you are not employed therefore at present you are not a qualified scientist. You are an unemployed scientist!<br /><br />You said<br /><br />A president could help prevent disasters by ordering the dismissal, the arrest even, of bad disastrous police, prosecutors and judges who who do not allow harmless political comments of republicans speaking out as is our duty with a view to saving lives of innocents whose lives are threatened or lost in preventable disasters.<br /><br />Like TRUMP has failed to do?<br /><br />You said<br />The unhelpful Queen is head of a disastrous state running amok. The Queen is in the way of the election of president who could bring the state to heel.<br /><br />Moon howler alert she is head of state but holds no powers she does as parliament (the real one) bids<br /><br />A president will not happen in the UK in Scotland you may get President Salmon (snigger) who is about as much use as tits on a fish<br /><br />You should be on stage mate<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-30828347147403447662017-03-30T03:38:54.367+01:002017-03-30T03:38:54.367+01:00I wonder how many 18-30 year old women having dati...I wonder how many 18-30 year old women having dating profiles looking for all the criteria below:<br /><br />* An older man (55+) who has grey hair and carries a few extra pounds<br /><br />* A man who lives on state benefits and who has no intention of ever seeking paid employment<br /><br />* A man who lives in a 1-bedroom flat but wants to have children in such cramped surroundings<br /><br />* A man who has been in prison and a long history of altercations with the police and authorities<br /><br />* A man who openly admits to having severe mental health and behavioral problems<br /><br /><br />Not many.<br /><br />I think you need to take what you can get Peter, even if she's 50+ and not exactly Playmate of the Month material. Time is running out for you. Unless you change your thinking and are prepared to lower your standards you'll be getting your bus pass through the door before anyone replies to those ads.<br /><br />I don't mean to be critical, just realistic.<br /><br />PS - One last question. When you are out and about in Aberdeen and see a couple of 18-19 year old lassies on the way to university, do you look at them and have sexual thoughts? Cause that is a wee bit inappropriate. Not illegal, but definitely a little creepy. I mean, you are old enough to be their grandfather!<br />LarbertLionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-90091401764340478862017-03-30T01:57:14.927+01:002017-03-30T01:57:14.927+01:00You feel it's appropriate for a 56 year old ma...You feel it's appropriate for a 56 year old man to seek an 18 year old girl?! <br /><br />...I was determined not to comment on your blog, as I'm sure it feeds whatever (narcissistic?) personality disorder you appear to have. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-68151705811350932112017-03-30T01:08:40.528+01:002017-03-30T01:08:40.528+01:00@Elizabeth
51 is more than "a bit" olde...@Elizabeth<br /><br />51 is more than "a bit" older. My goodness 51 is nearly as ancient as I am - 56!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=71334037" rel="nofollow">On my POF profile I say</a> -<br /><br /><i>"To send a message to ScotPeterDow you MUST meet the following criteria: <br />Female<br />Age Between:18 and 36."</i><br /><br />So a woman young enough to be Laura's daughter would be suitable because yes fathering children is my priority.<br /><br />If a woman will bear me children that's such good news that I can grin and accept all other "bad" news - <br /><br />* married (say, to an infertile man or to a woman, either way needing a sperm donor), <br />* a fan of the Royals - as a member of the cub scouts I swore an oath to <i>"do my duty to God and to the Queen"</i>,<br />* Labour voter - I used to be a MEMBER of the Labour Party, in Glasgow in the 1980s when I supported Tony Benn for leader.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-70423069350867465382017-03-30T00:37:21.596+01:002017-03-30T00:37:21.596+01:00Good news and bad news.
GOOD = My friend Laura fr...Good news and bad news.<br /><br />GOOD = My friend Laura from Dunfermline says you are actually not bad looking. She also thinks your voice is incredibly sweet after watching a few of your Youtube videos. Laura is 51 so might be a bit old for you as you say you hope to have children.<br /><br />BAD = She is married. And a fan of the Royal Family. And a Labour voter. <br /><br />Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-88027838031466335222017-03-30T00:20:44.069+01:002017-03-30T00:20:44.069+01:00@Anonymous
I'm not a moron but a qualified sc...@Anonymous<br /><br />I'm not a moron but a qualified scientist.<br /><br />I quantified the Queen as head of a disastrous state in detail in my Scottish National Standard Bearer website, which I was banned from accessing by the Queen's Aberdeen Sheriff Court from July 2014 and that website is now offline until I can bring it back online.<br /><br />In brief, the unhelpful Queen as head of a disastrous state is in the way of the election of a helpful president of a republic as head of a life-saving state.<br /><br />A president could help prevent disasters by ordering the dismissal, the arrest even, of bad disastrous police, prosecutors and judges who who do not allow harmless political comments of republicans speaking out as is our duty with a view to saving lives of innocents whose lives are threatened or lost in preventable disasters.<br /><br />The unhelpful Queen is head of a disastrous state running amok. The Queen is in the way of the election of president who could bring the state to heel.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-10800155095972856722017-03-29T22:53:36.829+01:002017-03-29T22:53:36.829+01:00Your living on benefits is a lifestyle choice why ...Your living on benefits is a lifestyle choice why should I pay for it?<br /><br />You are obviously a shit scientist = no job<br /><br />Also a shit activist = Does not know when to shut the fuck up <br /><br />When I was skint I did any job I could to keep a roof over my head never got a penny from the government (to proud to claim)<br /><br />You a nothing but a worthless piece of human detriment who thinks EVERYONE owes them everything. I really hope that you are found out by the powers that be and they stop your benefits. Hopefully there is a godAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-54955676746156886312017-03-29T22:38:35.225+01:002017-03-29T22:38:35.225+01:00There are lethally dangerous cowards in this kingd...There are lethally dangerous cowards in this kingdom - the Queen and her supporters who do not allow harmless political comments of republicans speaking out as is our duty with a view to saving lives of innocents whose lives are threatened or lost in preventable disasters.<br /><br />How do you quantify that you moron. The queen is head of state that's it.<br /><br />"There are lethally dangerous cowards in this kingdom" indeed there are Sturgeon being one of them. I cannot wait for you sweaty socks to fuck off and become a third world country. The gravy train stops when that happens<br /><br />Say goodbye to free everythingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-43158533954939766592017-03-29T22:15:11.102+01:002017-03-29T22:15:11.102+01:00@Pc Plod,
If I do have any lady fans out there (w...@Pc Plod,<br /><br />If I do have any lady fans out there (women police officers perhaps?) would they kindly telephone me (Aberdeen 01224 583906) and / or email me (peterdow@talk21.com) to set up a date with me, please?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pof.com/viewprofile.aspx?profile_id=71334037" rel="nofollow">For years and years, I've been asking random women on Plenty of Fish dating website</a> if they will meet me but none have agreed to do so as yet, sadly.<br /><br />So I don't really seem to have many or any "fans" out there. Be nice if I did, certainly.Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-799309610343605920.post-91723286913565429882017-03-29T22:07:48.216+01:002017-03-29T22:07:48.216+01:00@Anonymous 29 March 2017 at 08:21,
I am not "...@Anonymous 29 March 2017 at 08:21,<br /><br />I am not "taking money from people who DO need it".<br /><br />It is an economically illiterate fallacy (an nonsense) which is believed by ignorant fiscal conservatives that the country has some "shortage of money" and does not somehow have plenty of money available to pay everyone what they need.<br /><br />It is not the case that that benefits paid to me means there is no money left for someone else who needs it. There is <b>no shortage</b> of money unless the government stupidly imposes a shortage.<br /><br />Further, my applied science and my socialist politics contribute towards growing the economy, generating wealth and prosperity for all - meaning that my benefits help me to generate more national wealth, more money to go around, not less.<br /><br />Foolishly starving scientists and political activists into destitution, preventing the likes of me from contributing to society while on benefits, would be a false economy, which foolishness would cost any country dearly in the long run. (See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" rel="nofollow">North Korea</a>)<br />Peter Dowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734999584588033898noreply@blogger.com