It is, however, something that does happen to a lot of people, so the decision here is not whether it should happen at all, but where it should happen and to whom.
I seem to talk to a lot of people who are about to be made homeless on the oldies club rehoming line, and it's *awful*. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, no matter how loathesome. But if the money really isnt' there, then the savings have to come from somewhere, and if that means that some families are going to have to move house to cheaper areas, then personally I feel there are worse things that could be economised on.
I'd rather see spending on basically healthy families with employable parents cut than spending on people who are ill and really, really don't have any options, and don't have the physical resources to do much to help themselves - since cut it seems, there must be.
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Date: 2010-06-22 03:00 pm (UTC)I seem to talk to a lot of people who are about to be made homeless on the oldies club rehoming line, and it's *awful*. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, no matter how loathesome. But if the money really isnt' there, then the savings have to come from somewhere, and if that means that some families are going to have to move house to cheaper areas, then personally I feel there are worse things that could be economised on.
I'd rather see spending on basically healthy families with employable parents cut than spending on people who are ill and really, really don't have any options, and don't have the physical resources to do much to help themselves - since cut it seems, there must be.