Not for long, there is a real crack down on people claiming disability benefit even though they are fit for work. At last people are realising that state benefits are there as a safety net not as a way of life that every real tax payer is funding.
Personally I have no problem giving benefits to people who deserve them through unforeseen redundancy, incapacity etc. but get annoyed when people who have never done a day's work in their lives moan because they need a larger house or increased income just to fuel their increased smoking and drinking habits which as a tax payer I can't afford. Funny how lots of so called deprived and destitute people still have new flat screen TV's, new cars and multiple foreign holidays every year. They don't know the meaning of the word poor, but continue to think that the world owes them a living. In over 40 years I have never claimed a penny in benefits and should the worst come to the worst regarding job employment I would go out with a sponge and bucket and wash cars rather than make a claim. The "caring state" we have is fine for people truly in need but is a joke when it comes to spending loads of hard earned tax money on people who either don't deserve it or are trying to get a free ride at everyone else's expense. If one thousandth of the money that has been spent bailing out the bankers (oh how they do need an extra Ferrari or two) had been invested back into what little manufacturing industry we have left then maybe this recession wouldn't be going into a double dip as it looks like it will do. The prevailing word through out all this world crisis is definitely "greed". The banks thought they could make loads of easy money by diversifying and even investing in peoples potential misery (sub-prime mortgages etc) but now they want the normal working man to bail them out ... which we have done .... maybe we should just have let them sink. I have always been a believer in the capitalist model but this current situation stinks of corruption and manipulation by a select few people in large trans world corporate business. Governments don't run countries any more, big business does and the sooner we get rid of the huge amount of power that the multi nationals wield the better. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 19 December 2011 08:34 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Average Brits are screwed Not every one, the slugs on welfare are doing just fine. ________________________________ From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 2:58 AM Subject: [OT] Average Brits are screwed Hi Everybody, Families have £10 less a week to spend than a year ago in a devastating squeeze on household finances, according to a report by the Bank of England. The central bank’s Quarterly Bulletin said ‘available’ income – what is left after paying tax, housing costs, loan payments and utility bills – has fallen by £46 a month in the last year. Feeling the squeeze: Families are £46 a month worse off than the last year Feeling the squeeze: Families are £46 a month worse off than the last year That means the spending power of the average family has fallen by £552 in the last 12 months – leaving Britain on the brink of a double-dip recession. 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