Switzerland: Car ban considered for benefits recipients

[ifred]

A do now ..

Its not hard to get away wi it.. make a daft name up and never pay! simples!

I know you called yourselve Ad*lf H*tler and the believed your no longer burning gas or leccy

[Meat-Head]

A do now ..
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OFF TOPIC:/

you must have got caught out or they installed a token meter

[TULGEYWOODMAN]

What an excellent idea..

Also people on state benefits shouldn't be allowed to eat at restaurants and shop in normal everyday shops..

They should get a voucher similar to the milk tokens that used to be available.. and these should be used at shops created by the state.. unbranded items etc etc..

why should a tramp on benefits be shopping with the middle/upper class?? it makes sense to do it this way!

I'm not saying those hitting hard times.. but the long term scroat who hang around town smelling of piss drinking kestral super!

I have also found that drinking kestrel makes me piss

[Kalipo]

I have also found that drinking kestrel makes me piss

And do kaisers smell of piss also??

[TULGEYWOODMAN]

And do kaisers smell of piss also??

This one does..........lots


Where do you get those swastika bibs from?........ So cooooool

[TULGEYWOODMAN]

A Swiss canton is considering banning cars for people on state benefits, it's been reported.

Zurich's regional parliament has passed the first reading of a bill which would stop welfare payments being used to fund cars, unless a disability, illness or professional reasons could be proved, Le Matin website reports.


The idea, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) and centre-right Liberals, caused a "lively debate" in the region's parliament, but passed by 87 votes to 84, the website says. Left-wing parties oppose the move.

Supporters of the proposal say people on welfare can't afford to pay for a car, and if they want one then their benefits payments should be reduced. "If someone can afford a car, it can be assumed that he has other sources of money," Jean-Philippe Pinto of the Christian Democratic People's Party, which supports the measure, is quoted as saying in Neue Zurcher Zeitung.

But others say the proposal is unnecessary. "Recipients can decide for themselves whether they spend their money on food, books, cigarettes or a car," Beatrice Henes, a spokeswoman for Zurich's social services department, told the 20 Minuten website earlier this month. A final vote on the issue is expected in the coming weeks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29800380

Well a good idea would be to ban old age pensioners for 6 days a week........