It Is Illogical To Demonize Those Earning Benefits
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Why are those on the dole such an anathema to society? You don't have to work to be a "productive citizen," so the whole negative attitude is wholly unfair. What, they're a strain on the taxpayer? No, not exactly. Tax is for funding the public sector and for the "welfare of people." It's positive.
And what's up with the condescending "scrounger" word? It is completely insulting, used by ignoramuses to subtly justify their irrationality. Don't you realise that most people will choose to work out of pure vested motivation? Welfare leechers on the other hand will remain unproductive even if they're not getting benefits. What's the big deal? Much ado about nothing?
Why are those on the dole such an anathema to society? You don't have to work to be a "productive citizen," so the whole negative attitude is wholly unfair. What, they're a strain on the taxpayer? No, not exactly. Tax is for funding the public sector and for the "welfare of people." It's positive.
And what's up with the condescending "scrounger" word? It is completely insulting, used by ignoramuses to subtly justify their irrationality. Don't you realise that most people will choose to work out of pure vested motivation? Welfare leechers on the other hand will remain unproductive even if they're not getting benefits. What's the big deal? Much ado about nothing?
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"Leechers" = Good
Silly mother selling her story to The Sun this week in the first place.
For anybody who has paid tax, ever, being on benefits is you claiming your own money back.
People like Jeremy Kyle who claim to be paying for your lifestyle are not. You are.
In the rare case that somebody has claimed more benefits than they've paid in tax, then there's an argument to be made, but most haven't.
The government want people to work to support the economy - snobs take pops at the unemployed because they think they're paying for them, which they're not, and because they believe they are a strain on the economy - hmmm. Bankers are the biggest strain on our economy.....
If you say so,Mr Spock.
i imagine most people would think this way.
I love that picture,it's so funny,but the ears don't look real or the neck,go on tell me it's made up.
I was in a quandary myself
Not sure i have ever seen anything posted on digital spy that i disagree with more totally and completely.
I getting narked by it now, its ruining GD, i swear i saw a benefits thread turn up in the broadcasting forum last week, and the threads seem to be started on the most part by certain new members who tend to drag up old threads as well.
I got a friggin holiday for resurrecting an old thread and rightly so
GD is sex, ghosts and trolling.
No one would ever go to work then so where would the money for this come from?
I think you can earn benefits.
You say that but I don't think it's true at all. Most people would not want to live on just enough money to able to survive. In fact I think the 'no pressure' to work would encourage more people to go and get a job.
Not exactly - the main part of the taxation system is to pay for services such as health, education, security etc. It is only the much smaller 'National Imsurance' element that was designed to provide a safety net through a benefits system in times of need.
So it's not that difficult for those whose career is actually claiming benefits to clock up far more than they have ever paid in tax.
Especially when you are using them as scape goats for the ills of the rich and the bankers.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, people are playing right into their hands.
I don't think the architects of The Welfare State in the post-war era envisaged the idea of generations of healthy people happy to spend their entire life on the dole.
But what do the media focus on? The poor of course. It's government propaganda to punish the poor, and gullible idiots fall for it hook, line and sinker.
I'd imagine that they factored that possibility in because at it's conception not all were employed and so contributing.
Then demonise the small minority that are like that, not the genuine unemployed, the low paid, part time workers, the sick and the disabled.
That's usually what they claim they are doing.