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Originally Posted by Stuart
There are a couple of problems here..
1) While it is obscene that the Government spends as much money as it does to keep MPs comfortable and at least relatively happy, the amount spent only amounts to a few million. The Government needs to save billions.
2) The Benefits bill is probably one of it's largest. Hence they will expect to save most money there. Now, there *are* a lot of people who are on benefits who not be, and a lot more who are claiming benefits they probably shouldn't. The problem is how to target those people (some of whom are skilled in evading the checks used by the benefits system) without hitting those who are claiming legitimately.
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and the very fact you jump to that conclusion without any real evidence to prove it is exactly what the government want
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Originally Posted by jb66
Im glad they are cutting benefits, i cant believe folk on benefits can afford the iphone5. Benefits should be just enough to get you by, not to live comfortably with
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they can't unless they loan off provident or buy off the rediculasly high credit charge companies like Bright House. People on Benefits and dealing drugs or commiting other crime or working on the side can