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Originally Posted by Stuart
I think a balance needs to be struck.. While I don't want to punish those who genuinely need benefits, I've seen too many people that are on benefits walking around in labels (I know one who won't wear any clothes that are not from a label), £150 trainers and driving new BMWs. I'm not saying everyone does that. They don't, but I know people on benefits who have a higher disposable income than I do, and I am one of the people in the 30 to 40k bracket.
TBH, I do get angry why I see people who only bother to work when sanctioned by the DWP, and spend most of their days on the PS4, yet can still afford to buy £200 trainers, designer label clothes and state of the art home entertainment when I work and can only afford to go to Primark and can't afford a new TV (although my 2011 Samsung is still fine) because I have to pay all my own bills.
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Probably shoplifted or brought on credit that they will default on, because lets be realistic, 70 quid a week dole money isnt going to buy you labeled clothes. Might even be fake labels.
I also would love to know how people know someone walking down the street is on benefits or not, I can say when I was on unemployment benefits I certainly didnt advertise it. This is what makes it so hard to believe, not to mention a wealthy person who supposedly has benefit claimants as a neighbour in the same area.
Lets put things into perspective, even tho I work again (from home), I am still without luxuries in life that others take for granted, such as going for walks, bike riding, social events, date's etc.
The fraud I do know that goes on is some people on the dole will carry on claiming it even if they have a job, that is something I did myself once when I had a extremely low paid job, there was a period of time in Leicester where dole claimants didnt need to sign on, so I "forgot" to inform the DWP I had a job.
After about 3 months tho I felt guilty so walked up to the desk and confessed, the lady looked away pretending she didnt hear me, so I walked out again and closed the claim by post.