On 03/04/13 04:44, helen varley jamieson wrote: > back in the 90s, a couple of (conservative right-wing) politicians in nz > did this as a kind of publicity stunt/challenge to prove that it was > possible for people to live on the slashed unemployment benefits of the > time. i can't find an online reference to it, but from memory they did > it for a week or maybe 2,& made a whole lot of media appearances giving > patronising tips to low income people about how they were able to make > ends meet on a benefit& have fun doing it too.
A politician tried it in the UK in the 80s (I think), and had the intellectual honesty to admit it wasn't possible. I cannot now find the reference thanks to IDS. - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
