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It was three weeks after Christmas when the bombshell letter arrived. Guy Shahar and his wife, Oksana, looked at each other in stunned disbelief.

They had followed the Guardian’s investigation into the carer’s allowance scandal that has left thousands of families with crippling debts and criminal records. Not once did they think they would join them.

“Important,” it read in big bold type. “You have been paid more carer’s allowance than you are entitled to. You now need to pay this money back”.

In some weeks, she was paid just 38p more than the threshold – but for that tiny infraction she is being forced to repay £64.60 each time, the rate of carer’s allowance at the time.

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[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -4 points 1 week ago

Right wing people don’t care anymore, neither do centrists or left wingers either because the word has lost all meaning now due to the far left calling everyone a Nazi for anything. Didn’t return your trolley at the shops? Nazi. Returned your book to the library 20 minutes late? Nazi. Want to stop illegal immigration? Nazi.

No one cares about being called a nazi anymore, when it used to be the worst thing someone could be accused of.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

you're saying you want more illegal immigration?

the only way to stop illegal immigration is to allow more paths to legal immigration.

After all, immigration is wholly and totally a net benefit, fiscally speaking.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -4 points 1 week ago

the only way to stop illegal immigration is to allow more paths to legal immigration.

Absolutely false.

After all, immigration is wholly and totally a net benefit, fiscally speaking.

Fiscally in terms of dollars spent, sure. In terms of every other measure? Nope.

[-] BullishUtensil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The problem with banning people from identifying nazis is of course that the nazis then have a field day doing nazi things, chanting "you aren't allowed to call me a nazi .."

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

You can argue about the exact definition, as they haul you off to their camps. Then you can argue whether they are Socialists, Fascist, or something else.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -3 points 1 week ago

Ah the imaginary death camps. Been over 100 days and still no death camps. Also none of these death camps popped up in the entire 4 years of the previous trump presidency. Strange that.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

You just aren't first on the list. Don't worry, it will come.

Trump is not a Liberterian messiah, he is very much the government.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 1 week ago

Who was first on the list? After 4 years of death camps from 2016-2020 and now another 100 days, we'd surely be pretty far down the list right? At least past......1? Or even up to 1 by now?

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

Immigrants obviously. Easy to hate. Then people that look like immigrants, then people who support foreign countries that USA does not, so on.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 1 week ago

So when does that death camp start? We’re currently 4.3~ years into trumps 8 years of presidency and no signs of any death camps yet.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

No signs if you cover your eyes and ignore El Salvadore. Because you literally need big red signs with "Death Camp" written in red, to understand that something is a death camp. It would be impossible to actually prove anything to you.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Illegal immigrants who were determined to be MS13 gang members were deported and you’re claiming death camps lol

I can’t believe you guys actually believe this stuff you’re writing. It’s got to just be reading the party approved talking points manual and parroting their arguments.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

The other party is basically gone. As for MS13 gang member, you expect me to believe the current administration to be honest about that? The guy was explicitly proven innocent, and then they say now they can't get him back.

El Salvador has a lot more people going in than coming out. That is impossible, unless a lot of them are well...not alive.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 week ago

The guy was explicitly proven innocent

When and where? This never happened.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

But you have to prove it never happened. I expect the white paper tomorrow!

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 1 week ago

Living up to that name.

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