The Curmudgeon

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Monday, November 17, 2008

No Child Left Behind, Provided the Price is Right

Forces of conservatism are questioning the Government's wisdom and mercy in saving taxpayers' money. In May the Ministry of Incarceration and Deportation raised the cost to local authorities of bringing court proceedings to take children into care from £100 to a mere £2,225, "thereby relieving pressure on the courts and social services, saving money, and keeping children within their families", not necessarily in order of priority. The increase was imposed "on the basis that the courts were under-funded, and that care cases were causing the judicial system to run at a massive loss". In order to make doubly sure that the taxpayer is not out of pocket, the Ministry claims that local councils were given forty million pounds this year to cover the fees which the Ministry had raised in order to save the money which the Ministry is giving the councils. Legalistic malcontents are claiming that local authorities might be disincentivised to take children into care, should leaving them to be abused amid the sanctity of the traditional family happen to prove the cheaper option.

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