Why The Frenzy?

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There are many things I don’t understand, as for example my comments yesterday about the concept of ‘nothingness’.

But the latest frenzy caused by the remarks of the Culture Secretary have me completely baffled, for what he said makes perfect sense to me.

Calling on the jobless to take responsibility for their families, he said that it was not the duty of the state to fund an increasing number of offspring with benefits.

What’s wrong with that I ask?
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Seems Fair To Me

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In the YouGov poll published this morning, 83% of those polled supported the government’s plans to abolish child benefits for higher-rate taxpayers. 86% of those polled also agreed with the proposal to introduce a £500-a-week cap on the benefits unemployed families can claim.

Given these figures, which I would guess are fairly representative of those around the country, it is hard to understand the media frenzy this morning against the proposals.

Do these journalists think that the public believe that only taxing the City fat-cats, overpaid bankers and those on very high incomes can pluck this country out of its current problems? Or that the cuts ought not to be fairly shared to a greater or lesser extent by everyone in the country?

Or is it just that there is nothing much else going on at the moment to capture the minds of the headline writers?
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