29-08-2022, 03:56 PM
This is the UK but we seem to have similar problems here, & elsewhere around the world particularly where Neo Liberalism has been used.
If we fail to remedy the yawning gap between rich & poor then we may sooner or later, have revolution. As has happened previously.
Sometimes I wonder whether our species isn't totally insane.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62707055
[b]Poverty caused by rising prices will have a "catastrophic impact" on children, Scotland's children's commissioner has said.[/b]
Energy regulator Ofgem increased the price cap on household bills by 80% earlier this week, adding to the pressure of the cost of living crisis.
Bruce Adamson said there was a "massive failure of government at all levels".
Charities and experts have called on the government to announce more support as a matter of urgency.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said his successor will deliver a "huge package" of support, without saying what it would be.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, has called for urgent action from the UK government as only they can "access and make available resources of the scale required".
Mr Adamson, whose role as children's commissioner is independent but publicly funded, told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show that poverty "impacts every single element" of youngsters' lives.
"It can affect their development, it has a negative impact on their mental and physical health, their education, family relationships, standard of living, aspirations and life chances," he said.
"Everyone who has any level of power needs to be thinking about how they can use their powers in the most effective way and use the resources they have most effectively.
"We're talking about a rights issue here and at the most extreme we are talking about the lives of children, but we're also talking about education and health and mental health, and the impact of governments failing to act are going to be lifelong."
He said making additional money and support available now "makes economic sense".
"It's unacceptable that we've got children being left hungry, that families are without heating. These are political choices and we're leaving families unable to survive."
If we fail to remedy the yawning gap between rich & poor then we may sooner or later, have revolution. As has happened previously.
Sometimes I wonder whether our species isn't totally insane.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62707055
[b]Poverty caused by rising prices will have a "catastrophic impact" on children, Scotland's children's commissioner has said.[/b]
Energy regulator Ofgem increased the price cap on household bills by 80% earlier this week, adding to the pressure of the cost of living crisis.
Bruce Adamson said there was a "massive failure of government at all levels".
Charities and experts have called on the government to announce more support as a matter of urgency.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said his successor will deliver a "huge package" of support, without saying what it would be.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, has called for urgent action from the UK government as only they can "access and make available resources of the scale required".
Mr Adamson, whose role as children's commissioner is independent but publicly funded, told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show that poverty "impacts every single element" of youngsters' lives.
"It can affect their development, it has a negative impact on their mental and physical health, their education, family relationships, standard of living, aspirations and life chances," he said.
"Everyone who has any level of power needs to be thinking about how they can use their powers in the most effective way and use the resources they have most effectively.
"We're talking about a rights issue here and at the most extreme we are talking about the lives of children, but we're also talking about education and health and mental health, and the impact of governments failing to act are going to be lifelong."
He said making additional money and support available now "makes economic sense".
"It's unacceptable that we've got children being left hungry, that families are without heating. These are political choices and we're leaving families unable to survive."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)