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Originally Posted by Damien
It is far too complicated, on that we agree. From all the links it would seem that EU citizens are not entitled to benefits until they've worked and then it gradually increases until they get the benefits of any British Citizen.
I think they is an obsessive focus on benefits anyway. We seem obsessed with benefits and people taking advantage of it but in the larger benefit it's quite small. The largest expenses by far are pensions, elderly care and the NHS. However these are political nightmares so everyone focuses on benefits which seems an easy target.
I don't think leaving the EU will impact at all on benefits.
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That's probably about right ,certainly how it should be and to be honest benefits to EU immigrants are not top of my list of things i hate about the EU .I worry about the jobs that should be done by British nationals but are done by migrant workers ,i see a lot in the food industry and construction .Why Britain doesn't have workers to take those positions is beyond me .If we can stop the inflow of migrant workers and at least give our own young workers a chance to fill the jobs then we can tackle the low wages and dependency on benefits to make the wage from those jobs liveable but we cannot do that if we remain in the EU