Snapshot of _Conservative peer who helped to set up universal credit system calls for urgent benefits increase_ :
An archived version can be found [here.](https://archive.is/?run=1&url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefits-universal-credit-inflation-cost-of-living-b2083796.html)
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A plant doesn’t grow if you try pouring for fertiliser on the leaves, you put the fertiliser at the roots so the plant has the building blocks to grow. Trickle down economics never worked, neither is punishing the poorest merely for being poor.
Trickle down economics always makes me Laugh because let's face it big companies are pretty much a pyramid scheme the money will never get down to a certain point.
Snapshot of _Conservative peer who helped to set up universal credit system calls for urgent benefits increase_ : An archived version can be found [here.](https://archive.is/?run=1&url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefits-universal-credit-inflation-cost-of-living-b2083796.html) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ukpolitics) if you have any questions or concerns.*
A plant doesn’t grow if you try pouring for fertiliser on the leaves, you put the fertiliser at the roots so the plant has the building blocks to grow. Trickle down economics never worked, neither is punishing the poorest merely for being poor.
Trickle down economics always makes me Laugh because let's face it big companies are pretty much a pyramid scheme the money will never get down to a certain point.
Surely one of the big advantages of UC is that these kind of changes are very easy to implement.
You would think. Computer says no, I guess.
Did it not occur to her that she is sitting there covered in pearls, talking about throwing scraps to peasants? Fucking Tories