The problem is it's £60 x X

£60 may be a pitiful amount to live on, but if a person refuses work that they are physically capable of doing I don't see why they should reatin the rightvb to claim it. The Governments responsibilty is surely to help provide a basic quality of living, not support poeple until they find a job that they like?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:34, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*gets on soapbox*
the problem as I see it is that most people are stupid, small-minded cunts. This is never going to go away. The system we have isn't great, but due to the nature of people no system is ever going to work well.

Because of this, I almost completely ignore it. Yes some of my taxes go towards paying for benefit cheats and lazy bastards, but if they didn't they'd only go to something else that probably wouldn't impact on my life.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:38, Reply)

They don't retain the right to claim it,
you have to apply for jobs to claim jobseekers. If you don't they stop your payments.
I'm sure there are people who get round it but that's a problem with the checks not the actual way it works.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:38, Reply)