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#126 |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The Pit of Despair
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in Thatcher's day it was a piece of piss to have a claim up, I remember at one time you only had to bonk on every two months, good old Thatch
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#127 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I remember being unemployed in the 80's and being allowed to work on Sundays without having to declare Sunday income!
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#128 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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The actual split of the welfare budget is as follows:
Pensions 42% Family benefits/income support/tax credits (for working and non-working families) 17% Incapacity, disability & injury benefits 16% Personal social services and other benefits 13% Housing benefits (to help provide a roof over the heads of working and non-working claimants) 10% Unemployment benefits 1% http://visual.ons.gov.uk/welfare-spending/ I was keen to get into Web development and trained myself up on it. All I hear from DWP is that I need to apply for Tesco jobs etc etc and it's completely destroyed any enthusiasm for getting back to work I had at all. These big employers like Tesco are allowed to get away with only offering part time jobs on poverty wages. I've just looked at a B&Q job, they want to offer a 7.5 hours a week contact. Yeah right. And if you take such a job they also expect you to be available to work extra hours when ever they ask. If I took a job at Tesco for example I'd end up being about £20 a week better off. What's the point ? Give job seekers a pay rise is what I say, so they can afford training or have a bit of a morale boosting treat once in a while. With what I've had in benefits over the years they could have sent me on a decent Web development course many times over. |
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#129 |
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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You have a choice in life to focus on the positives or the negatives. You can sit there and complain and get wound up about the "immigrants" and the "slobs" (etc) who don't "deserve" benefits and are "stealing" all your hard earned money or you can focus on the positives and think of the poor families and disabled who are benefiting from your money and food is being put on their table thanks to your taxes.
Me, I choose to focus on the positives and thus am a happier person because of it. Why get wound up? Jeez.
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#130 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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"If I took a job at Tesco for example I'd end up being about £20 a week better off. What's the point ?"
You would get the satisfaction that comes from working rather than sitting idle |
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#131 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Yes I know, you've mentioned it. How do you know i'm not a spurious claimant?
If you are then you are draining the pot from the needy. If you are not - good for you |
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#132 |
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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"If I took a job at Tesco for example I'd end up being about £20 a week better off. What's the point ?"
You would get the satisfaction that comes from working rather than sitting idle
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#133 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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If you ever have any free time on your hands please PM me. I have lots of things that you could do for me. I can only afford to pay you 50p per hour, but satisfaction is guaranteed!
![]() You couldn't have described the problem any better, well done
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#134 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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I have no idea if you are, or if you are not
If you are then you are draining the pot from the needy. If you are not - good for you |
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#135 |
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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You couldn't have described the problem any better, well done
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#136 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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I'm assuming that whenever you're not working you're 'sitting idle'. I realize that's a gross assumption though.
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#137 |
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Join Date: May 2012
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Well if he has been awarded carers allowance, which is for looking after a disabled person full time. And is saving the state money, as carers save the state 119 billion a year
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