The Lost Inheritance, Chapter 05: Contents

001	Dysfunctionality and resulting unfairness of the Tax System
	Yes, the unemployed, who must exist on a disgracefully miserable level of welfare, must still pay tax in several forms. Graph of my income & taxation 1977-2000.
002	Living on Benefit: Public Transport is too Expensive and Inflexible
	Outside a major city, public transport cannot provide the flexibility required for finding work. Besides, for job seekers on state welfare it's too expensive.
003	Living on Benefit: Social Exclusion: The Isolating Effect of Poverty
	State welfare supposedly provides those who are unemployed or unable to work with their bodily needs of food, clothing and shelter. But the mind also has needs.
004	Living on Welfare (Benefit): Amputation of Household Functions
	Like an advanced life-form, a household too, when deprived of sufficient means of sustaining itself fully, is forced to amputate its less vital functions.
005	Living on Welfare (Benefit): From Riches To Rags: The Cost of Clothing
	Clothing one's family from a State Welfare budget in an expensive area is hard enough, without having to battle against child-targeting corporate merchandising.
006	Living on Welfare (Benefit): Having to Halve Our In-Work Food Costs
	Food is the most basic need of life. Yet on Welfare, the amount one has to spend on it is the only item in the household budget that it is possible to squeeze.
007	Living on Welfare (Benefit): My Car: Luxury or Functional Necessity
	Without artificial transport it is no longer possible to function as a member of society. Public transport is inadequate & expensive. A car is the only option.
008	Living on Welfare (Benefit): No Budget For Maintenance and Replacement
	Buildings and furnishings deteriorate. Domestic appliances wear out. Crockery chips and breaks. Facts which State welfare seems conveniently to overlook.
009	Living on Welfare (Benefit): Our Family Income Spreadsheet Table
	Complete table of our domestic finances from which the various graphs in Chapter 5 are generated. Key to column heading abbreviations appears after the table.
010	Living on Welfare (Benefit): Profile of a Benefit-Dependent Family
	I commend all my children who despite having had to do without so much have maintained a determination to exist in this reprehensible society as best they can.
011	Living on Welfare (Benefit): Struggle To Keep The Tools of My Trade
	A computer is the basic tool of my trade. I need it to maintain my skills. Yet DSS rules say I may keep tools of my trade only up to a fraction of its value.
012	Living on Welfare (Benefit): The Creeping Extra Costs of Education
	Though my sons are in State school, I have been increasingly pressured to spend more and more on education. This may have gone unnoticed were I not on Welfare.
013	Living on Welfare (Benefit): The Terrifying Spectre of Destitution
	People think welfare works. But Benefit rules can bring destitution upon any genuinely needy person at any time for reasons that defy common sense or humanity.
014	Living on Welfare Benefit: Energy: The Crippling Cost of Keeping Warm
	Modern society denies most the option their ancestors had of going into the forest to gather fuel for heating & cooking. Fuel can now only be bought with money.

Chapter 5: Footnotes Index