View Single Post
Old 14-04-2010, 06:47   #3
Jimmy-J
common as muck
 
Jimmy-J's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Dirty Old Town
Posts: 3,544
Jimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze array
Jimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze arrayJimmy-J has a bronze array
Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 1

Quote:
Why work when I can get £42,000 in benefits a year AND drive a Mercedes?

She added: 'I don't feel bad about being subsidised by people who are working. I'm just working with the system that's there.
'If the government wants to give me money, I'm happy to take it. We get what we're entitled to. I don't put in anything because I don't pay taxes, but if I could work I would.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0l2g5j5Xz

If a family are legally entitled to this amount of benefits, then why shouldn't they claim it?

It's no use taking it out on the families, it's the government who allow this to happen. So which of the parties are promising to change the benefits system and actually stand by it if they manage to get in?

I was told that in order to get the things in life I wanted, I'd have to work hard and save my money, etc etc... But now it's all gone topsy-turvy! It seems the harder you work the more you lose out. It doesn't seem to make sense to go out and work these days.

This family live in rented accommodation, so if anything goes wrong, such as their boiler breaks down, or the guttering get's blocked etc, then they just pick up the phone and get it all repaired or replaced for free. They could also be in line for all new double glazed windows, doors, fencing, drives, roofing, kitchen, bathroom and a brand new combi boiler, radiators in every room with a nice new real flame effect fire with fireplace/surround.

I live in a 3 bedroom council house which will be getting the above makeover between now and the next 2 to 3 years.
__________________

Jimmy-J is offline