Wednesday 2 September 2009

Islamism in the UK

Various links and sources

"PENSION CREDIT
(..)
Amount for claimant and first spouse in polygamous marriage
189.35
198.45
Additional amount for additional spouse
65.30
68.45"

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/newbenefitrates.pdf

(a) The claimant and his first spouse are treated the same as any other married couple, and receive exactly the same rate as such a couple, GBP 189.35 per week.

(b) The additional spouse receives only GBP 65.30. This is significantly less than the GBP 124.05 that a single person is entitled to. Insted, it comprises the difference between the couples rate and the single persons rate.

Accordingly, by recognising that the second woman is in a polygamous marriage, the state saves itself money. It is paying her only GBP 65.30 per week, whereas if she was treated as a single person she would receive GBP 124.05 per week, so the state is saving itself GBP 58.75 per week.

Readers are entitle to agree or disagree on the validity of polygamy, but let us not be confused about who is benefitting. Three people in a polygamous marriage are receiving less pension benefits in aggregate than if they were a married couple + a single person.

Link to "A Swedish Dilemma" article in the weekly standard http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/271dgkju.asp

A Swedish Dilemma - Google Books

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The Decline of the West - Oswald Spengler

Link to full text here

And here is the rest of it.
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Reflections on the revolution in Europe: immigration, islam and the west

Link to Economist.com review http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14302290&source=most_commented.

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