JoelP
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:15 PM |
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scrounger
chap on telly now, not worked for 7 years, 5 kids and one on the way, taking in 29k a year in benefits  lives in a 6 bed house!
Brings it home just how messed up the benefit system is. BBC1 now.
I cant quite accept that i havent got the wrong end of the stick, there must be a mistake somewhere!
[Edited on 10/3/10 by JoelP]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:15 PM |
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How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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scootz
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:18 PM |
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It's Evolution Baby!
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NigeEss
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:19 PM |
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steve m
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:19 PM |
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were do i apply ??
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smart51
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:20 PM |
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I've thought for a while now that benefits should be capped at the average wage. The savings should be put into a system where you're
always better off working than not and you're always better off by doing more hours.
The current system penalises people who work a couple of hours a week and penalises them again if they go over 18 or so hours a week. It also allows
people to amass large "incomes" on benefits that they can't hope to match by working.
Labour don't want to fix it and Conservative just want to cut everything. Neither would attempt to fix the problem. The Lib Dems have got
policies to help people who work for low incomes but they won't fix this problem either.
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LoMoss
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:20 PM |
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as a small bussiness owner trying to keep staff in a job, these lazy ba**ards swanning through life makes me wonder why i bother.
Moss
takes home more than me
[Edited on 10/3/10 by LoMoss]
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
chap on telly now, not worked for 7 years, 5 kids and one on the way, taking in 29k a year in benefits lives in a 6 bed house!
Brings it home just how messed up the benefit system is. BBC1 now.
I cant quite accept that i havent got the wrong end of the stick, there must be a mistake somewhere!
[Edited on 10/3/10 by JoelP]
So that's the equivalent of £29k AFTER tax! He must be really, really good at doing naff all to get paid
that amount!
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
were do i apply ??
The dole office.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:29 PM |
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But, looking at the title of the thread and some of the comments above, is it the fault of the guy or the system. If it's being offered...
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by LoMoss
as a small bussiness owner trying to keep staff in a job, these lazy ba**ards swanning through life makes me wonder why i bother.
Moss
takes home more than me
[Edited on 10/3/10 by LoMoss]
thats what im thinking. Im grafting like a twat (80 hours the other week), keeping 4 people in work currently, and i doubt i'll clear that this
year.
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
But, looking at the title of the thread and some of the comments above, is it the fault of the guy or the system. If it's being offered...
quite right. I cant believe someone has set up such a bad system of benefits. They should be shot.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:36 PM |
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Labour would much rather that you get benefits and are thus beholden to the state, than cut taxes so that you can pay your own independent way.
(not just my theory - I've read that in a few political analyses).
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big_wasa
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:38 PM |
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Me and the wife are watching this
My last job gave me first hand experiance on how the other half live .....
Ive got a quid that says he will never work again.
And they didnt list the hidden stuff that we have to pay like Rent / mortgage council tax.
I would live much better if I wasnt paying for this crap
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austin man
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:42 PM |
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its not a one off, I work with it daily, not bad when the guy signing is dressed head to to in Henley gear etc and hasn't worked for 10 years
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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SPYDER
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:43 PM |
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A similar bunch of ne'er do wells live next door to me.
£150k bungalow for nowt.
New people carrier for nowt. (mobility)
Bills paid etc.
Don't have to get up for work at 4:50 AM.
But he doesn't have a Spyder Silverstone in one garage and a Phoenix Fireblade track toy in the other!
This thought will be consoling me at 5 o'clock when I'm scraping the ice off the windscreen.
Geoff.
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RichieHall
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 09:51 PM |
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What's all this 'encourage' them to work? There's plenty of community service type work to be done, if they don't
complete 34 hours of satisfactory work no benefits!
Get 'em neutered for a start!
Rust is lighter than Carbon Fibre!
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LoMoss
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RichieHall
Get 'em neutered for a start!
I've had this idea for a long time. That it is done from space, by a type of death ray that sweeps across dolesville or even by mobile phone.
Some sort of work should be done in the community to earn their dole.
[Edited on 10/3/10 by LoMoss]
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FFTS
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 10:33 PM |
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I think if you check above you'll see something missing!
Yes that's right.. it's,,,
Chris.
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fesycresy
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 10:43 PM |
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I'll sort this sh1t out when I get in office
(see my earlier posts)
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The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
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LoMoss
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 10:44 PM |
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The gammar police in tonight?
In actual fact correct gammar is, it is.
If this is the best comment you can make on this thread then I think you are in the wrong forum.
[Edited on 10/3/10 by LoMoss]
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 10/3/10 at 11:36 PM |
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VOTE FESYCRESY
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 11/3/10 at 12:15 AM |
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One of those living round the corner here....never worked in 39 years or never since leaving school.....5 kids free house and wife gets paid to look
after her own sons who have mental problems....
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morcus
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| posted on 11/3/10 at 02:45 AM |
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I can't see anyone sorting it out any time soon. It does seem like I'd be massively better off If I procured some children and stopped
working. I get payed by the hour so I can't be sure but I believe I make less than half of that before tax, and the comptor at work is always
saying I'm working to many hours (In the last two months only one person has been clocked in longer than me.)
I've always thought the best solution would be to take the Kids away so that they don't have an excuse.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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hughpinder
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| posted on 11/3/10 at 08:46 AM |
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The systems definately broken - it should pay enough to survive. Why do you need a massive house just because you've chosen to have loads of
kids? People didn't when I was younger (in N. Ireland and I new quite a few people with at least 6 kids living in 3 bed houses). If the
'extra' benefits were capped at 2 kids worth you would suddenly find the number scroungers who live on benefits and have loads of kids
would start to reduce.
Hugh
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