Social Workers Kill People. One More Reason for a Basic Income

I found this item about social workers operating in the UK. The same issues would apply in this country. That author can't understand why bullies come into social work. Really? Years ago I met a couple who told me the following story. Actually the two had just broken up and the boy friend told me the woman was now on "welfare" and recently had her children kidnapped by the department of social 'services' . Apparently she did not have enough money to support two small children and couldn't work. These "workers" admitted she could not live on the money "they" were giving her. The children were taken to one of those "homes" that are always being advertised on Regina television. There was a fire in the house and the two children burned alive. The mother and her ex-partner tried to find a lawyer who would work pro bono against the state agency. No chance, folks. It's funny we hear stories about kids topping themselves because of school bullying but nothing about the role of brainless "helping persons" in speeding vulnerable people to their graves. Now if you dear reader had to crawl for every dollar or small favour and did not want to reduce yourself (as some others have done) to the role of a lazy, whining, narcissistic professional mental patient and couldn't function without economic support what would you do??? THAT dear reader is one more GOOD reason to replace the Canadian welfare state with a guaranteed annual income. Then these scumbags with their psych "slash" basket weaving "slash" women's studies bullshit degrees would have to get jobs in keeping with their real abilities like pumping gas at Domo. Death where is thy sting?