Council pays for dating for those in its care

papa_smurf · 08-16-10, 05:07 AM

This just beggers belief! It thought the recent expenses scandal was bad, but this is just ridiculous.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-10983912

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Trafford Council said the personal budgets were usually used to pay for care assistants or to buy equipment.
Dating website subscriptions would also be an acceptable expense, it said.

Platapus · 08-16-10, 06:51 AM

As an American, there is a lot I don't understand about the Council system over there.

jumpy · 08-16-10, 10:49 AM

As an Englishman, there's a lot I don't understand about the council system over here... hehehe

What can you say? Everyone is on the take - national or local government, take your pick.

TarJak · 08-16-10, 10:29 PM

It's kind of like your County/Burrough system in the US, as the US and AU system was based on the UK system. Basically you have a Mayor and councillors responsible for local ordnances and services like garbage disposal, parking, building and development approvals etc.

IIRC the US system also adds local policing into the mix as well.

papa_smurf · 08-17-10, 06:06 AM

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As an Englishman, there's a lot I don't understand about the council system over here... hehehe

I don't think anyone over here really understands what our local councils actually do

Sailor Steve · 08-17-10, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

I don't think anyone over here really understands what our local councils actually do

Including the people on the councils.

Or should I say especially the people on the councils?

It's the same everywhere. The only question is: Does government attract stupidity, or does government breed stupidity?

UnderseaLcpl · 08-17-10, 10:03 AM

Heh... both, and when it comes to the military the government actually manufactures stupidity.

This isn't just a British thing, though. Entitlement Socialism in America doesn't lag far behind in some cases: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...a.html?sid=101

Jimbuna · 08-17-10, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

It's kind of like your County/Burrough system in the US, as the US and AU system was based on the UK system. Basically you have a Mayor and councillors responsible for local ordnances and services like garbage disposal, parking, building and development approvals etc.

IIRC the US system also adds local policing into the mix as well.

In the UK, local taxes help pay for Police, Fire Brigade and Civil Defence.

Can I have a lap dancer with that laptop I've just ordered?

frau kaleun · 08-17-10, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

In the UK, local taxes help pay for Police, Fire Brigade and Civil Defence.

Can I have a lap dancer with that laptop I've just ordered?

You might want to put Civil Defence on speed-dial, in the event Mrs. J. is home when your delivery arrives.

Jimbuna · 08-17-10, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

You might want to put Civil Defence on speed-dial, in the event Mrs. J. is home when your delivery arrives.

Aye that

TarJak · 08-17-10, 09:25 PM

LMAO

Sailor Steve · 08-18-10, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

This isn't just a British thing, though.

Hence my statement "It's the same everywhere".

TarJak · 08-18-10, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Hence my statement "It's the same everywhere".

Except there is sometimes more of it in some places than in others.

Betonov · 08-18-10, 03:46 AM

same here

Sailor Steve · 08-18-10, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Except there is sometimes more of it in some places than in others.

But unless you spend several million *your money here* on government research, how can you know for sure?

08-16-10, 06:51 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As an American, there is a lot I don't understand about the Council system over there. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	As an Englishman, there's a lot I don't understand about the council system over here... hehehe What can you say? Everyone is on the take - national or local government, take your pick. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

08-17-10, 10:03 AM	#7
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heh... both, and when it comes to the military the government actually manufactures stupidity. This isn't just a British thing, though. Entitlement Socialism in America doesn't lag far behind in some cases: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...a.html?sid=101 __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

08-16-10, 10:29 PM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It's kind of like your County/Burrough system in the US, as the US and AU system was based on the UK system. Basically you have a Mayor and councillors responsible for local ordnances and services like garbage disposal, parking, building and development approvals etc. IIRC the US system also adds local policing into the mix as well.

08-17-10, 09:25 PM	#11
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	LMAO

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	same here