If you've been wondering about the claim put about by Nigel Farage & the Right that the majority in the UK receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes.... you will enjoy Emma Monk's detailed takedown of that claim... a claim which itself depends on you seeing your use of the NHS & state education as 'benefits', rather than (more accurately) the public service(s) we expect from a modern state.

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#benefits #politics

https://monkdebunks.substack.com/p/benefits-taxes-and-misleading-headlines