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Originally Posted by Gary L
That one last night was a bit more focussed on the bigger problem. such as people in work claiming benefits.
it can be the case that somebody working is receiving more benefits than a benefit scrounger.
you have to ask at the start of these debates whether it's hate towards people not working. or the actual cost.
if it's the cost. then focus on the unpaid taxes from the rich. the winter fuel payments to the rich. there's many places where there's millions, if not billions of pounds to be had in an instant.
but we're stuck either arguing about **** not working. or **** costing us what is a few pence compared to the bigger problem that we ignore.
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My opinion would be a taxpayer doesn't like to see someone who's on the dole having more than them.
There's been too much bad press now, but now I do hope some people get the right info to see that it's not always black and white, that their ideas of someone on benefits isn't just job / workshy related. And life isn't a bed of roses on benefits.
I do understand how taxpayers feel, they are paying for the likes of me, I wouldn't like the idea of someone having a cushy life if I had to work and end up with less, but that's the kind of message that seems to be coming across.
Dave's message of making work pay is correct, but as you say it's aimed at everyone, the sick included and those that will never find a job.
I like the comment saying that it's ok (nothing get said nor done) for the bankers and the big corporates to spend all the taxpayers cash but not ok to go on benefits.