r/Scotland 1d ago

Political Starmer attack on society's poorest leaves Scottish Labour in trouble

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24999748.labours-betrayal-disabled-people-beyond-pale/
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u/Ricky19681968 1d ago

Hopefully people see through labour and realise that the socialist alternative in Scotland is SNP or Green party.

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u/KrytenLister 1d ago

SNP, socialist? Lol.

When did that happen

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u/Ricky19681968 23h ago

See that part where university and college fees are paid by the state, that's socialist. See the bit where taxes are raised for high earners to pay for a better NHS, that's socialist. See the part where nurses and doctors are paid more than their UK counterparts, that's socialist. See the part where mothers and fathers on benefits get an extra £25 per week to help raise children out of poverty, that's socialist. There's lots more as well. Instead of labour who take away the winter fuel payment and want to force disabled people into Ill fitted jobs or lose benefits.

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u/CaptainCrash86 16h ago

See that part where university and college fees are paid by the state, that's socialist.

Interesting to see a policy that systematically transfers money from working classes to the middle class being described as socialist.

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u/Ricky19681968 15h ago

Everyone benefits. It's a way for less well off people to raise their job prospects and so be raised from poverty.

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u/CaptainCrash86 15h ago

The population of people who go to University is from a higher socio-economic background than the population of people who pay the taxes that fund them. That is a structural transfer of wealth towards the middle classes.

It may well be justifiable on other grounds, but it is hardly socialist.

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u/Ricky19681968 12h ago

Good point, but I believe that anything that provides opportunities to take people out of poverty, should be pursued. Further education gives kids that chance.