2007-03-20 10:35:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
do you think this is fair or not fair??
2007-03-20 10:42:36 · update #1
Do you really think its that easy 2 go out and get a job with a private rented house (£110 a week) 2 kids, £20 a week busfares for school, school dinners, uniforms, food, bills etc?? I went for a part time job and by the time the welfare benefits had worked it all out, i'd be working for £3 a week!
If they gave me a council house i would go to work gladly and stop people like you slagging other people off. BUT they dont just throw council houses at you as there is a shortage of housing. I used to work but lived in a sh!t hole housing estate and my house was constantly broken into (couldn't afford insurance) Do you have kids and a partner? maybe one day you'll split from your partner and struggle and you will NEED to claim benefits just to get by. We are not all scroungers!
2007-03-20 11:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by mishnbong 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing you read the Daily Mail.
I was unemployed for seven months last year. I sent off around three hundred applications to employers all across the country and attended around fifty interviews. I claimed Jobseekers allowance which is £57/week. I had a bank loan of £161/month for having done a Masters Degree and £29/month. I had around £20/month left over, which is better than nothing I suppose (but not by much).
I'm now in full time employment, and I pay my taxes some of whihc no doubt go to other people on jobseekers allowance. Some of it probably goes on the military as well, which I don't agree with because I'm a pacifist. Why my pocket for this?
2007-03-20 18:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Job Seekers Allowance isn't the worst rip off. Many genuine people who find themselves out of work need it to tide them over (which it doesn't anyway) until they get a new job.
It's most of the other benefits that get used and abused way too easily.
2007-03-20 17:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course we are, we always have done in one way or another. We pay for just about everything. Public services / benefits are not dished out for free by a kind hearted government.
2007-03-20 17:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by kpk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes we do. I don't mind if the need is genuine. It's the scroungers that tick me off. It's a price you pay for living in a welfare state. Childless people helped fund your education out of their taxes.
2007-03-20 17:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes we are its what we pay our taxes for and its not right i don't know why the government cant come up with another solution like stop benefits completely now theres a thought
2007-03-20 17:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is a bit more complicated than that. . .
If we pay for them to get a job, then they will be able to get a job and become taxpayers themselves, thus removing them from the pubic dole.
If we don't, then they will never get a job and we will pay for them forever. . .
2007-03-20 17:44:23 · answer #7 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i agree witn nicemanv on this one,yes there are people who dont want to work but in general there are many who do want to find work.
2007-03-20 17:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by lou 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
even job seekers pay taxes
2007-03-20 17:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's all part of the welfare state , you might need it yourself one day !!
2007-03-20 17:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by nicemanvery 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋