Ah benefits, should we bite the hand that feeds us or let it continue to pat us patronisingly into the ground?

There are heaps of alternatives we can work on while the benefit and student allowances last (I can't imagine Labour OR National will be keeping them for long) so that when we do lose them, we'll still be able to stand, stand even stronger.

For example:
- collectivised gear, tools etc
- free boxes
- clotheswaps and non-profit/fundraiser opshops
- barter and trade
- community gardens and guerilla gardens
- free schools
- squatting and housing collectives
- recycling bikes, hitching and carpooling
- dumpstering and pot-lucks
- co-op childcare/parent support groups
- etc etc etc

Besides benefits are a tool to keep wages low and make shit jobs no longer seem like the slavery they actually are.