National Deal Week on November, 2024: Should we have a national poor week?

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I think it's a cracking idea - but I doubt you'll find many takers.

I know damn well that I couldn't manage on £65 per week. For a start, my mortgage is more than that on its own. For those of us lucky enough to have jobs, much of our money is tied up in things like mortgages, car repayments etc. However, I don't see any reason why we couldn't have a week where we forego heating & lighting (easier in summer than winter), & or restrict food intake for a week.

I doubt there would be much uptake, but I don't think that's necessarily a reason not to do it. Perhaps if peoplewere encouraged to deal with ONE of the problems for a week, that people living in poverty have to deal with on a daily basis it would be a good start.

I CAN answer another of your questions though. You asked, "Where did i state we should all get the same?"

You didn't, but it's far easier to misrepresent what you said than it is to answer the question. As for another of your comments, I'm going to highlight this the best way I know how:

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"...you can't tell me those at the top of the tree work thousands of times harder than those at the bottom earning minimum wage."

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Finally - somebody has spotted it!! Now all we need is for the rest of the electorate to realise it and we might make some progress.

ETA: @ Kate. I don't think it would need enforcement - much as "no smoking week" isn't enforced either. It's an event in which people would be encouraged to make an adjustment to their lifestyle. No penalties necessary for non-compliance.

As for Stephen M - you don't think that the wealthy get enough? Really? You think we should have everybody emulating those who asset strip for short term gain? As for your comment, "your idea that everyone should get the same ", I can't see anywhere that anybody has said that. Not even once. How about actually answering the points made, rather than making up your own?

Christ on a bike, the tories are bad, but you sound even worse.

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