““They’ll spend it on booze” is a fixation that bears little relation to reality. The rich spend more on alcohol than the poor, both in cash terms and as a proportion of their income. Indeed the rich spend as much on alcohol and smoking as the poor do on heating and lighting their homes. But the undeserving, feckless poor trope is incredibly useful to those seeking to cut social security support.”
— Caroline Molloy, The basket police are watching you (via probablyasocialecologist)



















