Two real stories are raising serious questions about the culture inside the Department for Work and Pensions.

It's not nice folks!

#DWP #Benefits #UKPolitics #SocialSecurity #WelfareSystem #TheWhipLine
https://youtu.be/hqgVZwrpcEs

Cruel to the End? Inside the DWP’s Benefit Enforcement Culture

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The left is pushing Democrats to embrace their greatest president. Why that’s a good thing.
https://archive.li/TzNbz

#fdr
#newdeal2
#welfaresystem
#franklindroosevelt
#newdeal
#economicpopulism
#affordablehousing
#affordability

Millions of Households Missing Out on Financial Support Due to Unclaimed Benefits

New research reveals that seven million households across the UK are missing out on £24 billion worth of financial help and support, due to unclaimed benefits and social tariffs. The study by Policy in Practice identifies three main barriers to claiming these benefits: lack of awareness, complex app... [More info]

Thread by @asaplsnr today .. monthly report from the #crowdsourced #thinktank TsBalans, delivering facts and results of the #swedish #welfaresystem
& the widespread #corruption / #lobbying built into governing & used as a #driver
But, being persistent works - 2 persons turning the debate & making an impact with practically 0 resources compared to the #privatization lobby that gets to spend millions…
@edutooters
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1652992121090056193.html
Thread by @tsbalans on Thread Reader App

@tsbalans: April har tagit slut och det är dags för oss att förklara/försvara varför ni som har en slant över ska stötta Balans, antingen som månadsgivare eller med Swish. Här har ni länken och nu följer *månadstråd...…

@ChaoticHuman This article suggests another target for AI activism:

https://archive.ph/WIxwR

#AI #government #welfare #welfareSystem

@JorisMeys @couts

Wow. It's like a dilute version of Skynet, with people's lives controlled by uncaring machines that are indifferent at best, slightly hostile more likely.

#welfareSystem #dystopia #AI #AIBureaucracy

@realcaseyrollins @alcinnz @strypey @freedcreative
There's two more reasons why this patent attempt(?) is garbage.

d) using #biometrics for security as it relates to #cryptocurrencies *is a #naturalProgression* of the #technology. Anyone who has thought about how a #welfareSystem, or even a secure #cryptoWallet might work would come to an understanding that a degree of physical #identification (albeit #secure and benign) is desirable. So its not an #invention but basic #logic),

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