Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
I don't know how to express how completely far off you are from reality by comparing Winter Fuel Allowance to foodbank usage. It would be funny if it wasn't so depressing.
The point was obvious, I thought. You give stuff away free of charge and there'll be plenty of takers. The BBC ran a story that of the 12 million eligible to collect Winter Fuel Payment just 400 declined. That's a ratio of 1 in every 30,000. I don't blame those for grabbing whatever they can whether needed or not as it's human nature and it's endemic in the UK from the lowest to the very top as HM Elizabeth II bagged £82 million this year making her Britain's largest benefit claimant.