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Janet writes

I just don't agree. The rich have always been there, but at the other
end of the economic spectrum nobody in Britain today, *has to* endure the
terrible social conditions Dickens wrote about. The "bottom of the heap"
today, have choices, support and advantages that did not exist before the
welfare state.

Janet.



I suppose they are what some call 'relatively' poor!

Perhaps there is also the fact that a proportion those with no jobs are
actually unemployable due to attitude, lack of school attendance
/education, and too high expectations,
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk