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Originally Posted by martyh
the little money that the dole gives them will only account for a small part of their income. Those who are career claimants don't just get dole ,they live mainly on the proceeds from crime eg drugs ,robbery ect so stopping their dole won't make that much difference to them financialy. Also quite a few don't even bother claiming because they earn enough from their criminal activities to not have to ,instead they shack up with some bird who gets housing benefit so they have somewhere to live for free and stay off the benefits radar so not having the inconvenience of having to look for work to keep benefits.
Stopping the rioters benefits will make the honest tax payer feel a lot better but won't make that much difference to the career claimant/criminal
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Well, first off. Those who aren't on benefits won't be affected.
Secondly, I'm still wondering what the background of these people is. I have absolutely no time for the mindless thugs that are simply in it for the money and kicks. However, I also wonder about the extent to which there is genuine resentment that breeds this kind of behaviour. Watching Question Time, someone asked: why does this stuff never happen in Norway or Sweden? And the answer that was given was: because it's a more egalitarian society. Having grown up in Holland, I think there's a lot of truth in that. There are a number of deprived areas in Holland, but they are nothing like the sink estates we have here. I'd be very surprised to see this type of thing kick off in the likes of Sweden, Norway, Holland or Germany. They're more egalitarian societies, where you don't get the levels of deprivation that you get in the UK.
That's not to say that deprivation is an excuse. Just saying that deprivation is likely to be a catalyst. If you make people live in ghettos, people will revolt.
Either way: this honest tax payer is not going to feel a lot better by what he considers a kneejerk populist reaction that is likely to do little more than placate the public's blood lust and will likely increase crime rates. Thankfully, it's not going to happen.