Welfare State Critic Pillows

'What do you think about forgetting the whole thing and just going back to trying to help people a bit.'

'The meek shall inherit the debt. The rich shall inherit the loopholes.'

"Gee, thanks pal."

'The great thing is, the poor won't be able to squander it on luxuries such as dignity, equality and hope!'

"The government is adamant that a policy of removing income support from lone parents with children over 7 is in the best interests of the treasury."

'If social security were privatized, the administration also suggested a name change to 'Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld holdings inc.''

'How can I help you? We offer - choice, diversity or competition.'

'That's nothing new. Thatcher had a similar plan, but she called hers; 'Every man for himself'.'

Food Stamp Nation

'This is you hotel. . . it has no TV, but every room is equipped with CCTV.'

'Under our tax reform plan, tax loopholes of the rich would apply to the poor as well!'

"I thought I'd done everything to get a decent pension..."

"Hi Ho Hi Ho It's to benefits we go..."

"Hi, I'm on the scrounge"

"That's the deal for Manhattan. If you have to ask how much for the Hamptons, you can't afford it."

'Why am I wearing a helmet?...Why aren't you wearing one?!'

"I should like a commission on that child tax credit."

"The government believes that the benefit system is out of hand!"

'We will take form the middle class and the poor. . . and give it to the rich!'

'You lot are wrong - he's fit enough to get back up there!'

"Please help me support myself in the style I've become accustomed to."

"The government should look where I'm going"

"'Hold,' young lady, is for other people."

No More Assistance

'I'm sorry if people have had their hopes dashed.'

The making of social security nets.

"Are the rich obliged to do anything?"

Careers Advice - 'What kind of benefits are you interested in claiming?'

"You're making a mockery of what is supposed to be a no-show job."

Executive Mime.

'STILL working with all those family allowances?'

'A lesbian free-verse poet on welfare, eh? - I can respect that.'

Nick Griffin & Iain Duncan Smith

Too scared to claim Universal Credit - Please Help.

'I've been on welfare for five years - It seems like I'm about due for a raise.'