You’re hard working with a placement at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, you’ve pretty much won the lottery of life already. Why would you waste a moments thought on how the underclass live their lives?

My background is council estate, various placements with foster parents, left school without a single exam to my name. I’ve probably got a different view to you.

I don’t begrudge a single penny of the 40K+ a year I pay in tax (did you see what I did there) that goes to people who’ve not managed to dig their way out. It’s hard to put in words the crushing weight when the expectation of every single person in your life is that crap is the best you can hope for. Or how hard you have to work to beat the ever so nice middle class boys and girls with their ‘tick all the boxes’ CVs, and expectations of success.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 4 Aug 2011, 14:07, 1 reply)

my god
this thread has been awesome. You and Clay have made some great points. I'm glad to find out that not everybody in this damn country is a neo-Thatcherite scumbag who thinks taxation is unfair and that the vulnerable should fend for themselves.

Maybe that long overdue cultural backlash isn't as far off as I imagined.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 14:40, closed)