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( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:36, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

just to bring them up to a halfway decent standard of living?
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:38, Reply)

with fags and flat screen tv's paid for by the state with them doing nothing.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:39, Reply)

liddlebiddapoliticsladiesangennelmen
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:42, Reply)

are better off claiming benefits than working once you take into account factors like paying rent, council tax and childcare etc. I have seen a few myself. But the time comes when the last child leaves full time education, and then suddenly all that lovely free money dries up, and they're fucked, especially in the case of single parents (mostly mothers) who haven't worked for 20-odd years and suddenly find themselves having to jump through job hunting hoops.
Also, I'm out of work at the moment and have a flat screen TV. Which I bought 4 years ago, when I was working.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:43, Reply)

because of their kids etc.
What I've said is that the existence of a few people like that is not the reason we have a fucked economy. And taking steps to stop that tiny minority of people form getting as much money has the knock on effect of really, really hurting the majority of people who need some help so that they don't starve to death.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:45, Reply)

albus dumbledore, I believe
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:47, Reply)

See also "benefit tourism is bleeding the country dry". Er, no it isn't, it's costing the country a very small amount of money in the grand scheme of things. It happens, yeah, but not to the extent they'd have you believe.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:49, Reply)

Which is why you're not an idiot.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:53, Reply)

has cost more than benefit tourism in the last year. I'd be interested at seeing how much money various governments have squandered on shite computer systems over the last 20 years, including systems that were scrapped before even coming on line because they just didn't work.
( , Thu 24 Apr 2014, 16:56, Reply)
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