People are quick to forget that the welfare state is for all of us. And we all need it from time to time. Some need it more than others. Thank god we have such a thing - before the war people had to beg on the streets or be humiliated by a welfare panel if they could not manage. Children were malnourished - lots died.
A welfare state is a sign of a civilised society and we should all be grateful that we live in one.
2007-04-01 06:59:41
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answered by Anonymous
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I think the welfare state is doing a great job to help people who genuinely need help or are in an unfortunate situation not by choice (for example, if they are ill or have to care for sick children) but a lot of people abuse this system and that's what makes others furious. I am not fascist or intolerant but sometimes I feel that people should be more responsible for their own welfare and less dependent on social benefit. It is sad to see how sometimes two or even three generations of a family live on benefits and have not motivation to change their way of life. As for single parents, I don't want to make a sweeping statement about them. I think sometimes people become single parents not by choice but there are also many of them who can certainly choose not to be in that situation. For example, a woman can't choose when she becomes a widow so I'm sympathetic to her and see no reason why she should not get social benefit to help bringing up her family after her husband dies. However, I have no sympathy for girls who mess around and become single mums before they are hardly adults. They certainly don't have to become single parents if they have behaved in a more sensible or responsible way or if their parents have brought them up to be have more respect for themselves and more aspiration for the future. I don't see why the society have to share the burden of people who get themselves pregnant by some irresponsible brats.
2007-04-01 07:04:34
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answered by Anonymous
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First of all, the adults , are NOT the innocent victems of anything. its your children, and you are the ones who had them, just like i did. i take my job as a mother very seriously and dont call myself an "innocent victim" I chose to have my children, they didnt choose to be born.
welfare was created as a short term "hand up" not a long term "hand out" that it has become. I think people especially single mothers who work hard(me being one of them) to provide for thier families cant understand why so many sit around and collect welfare all thier lives. Anybody who has been on welfare for more then 2 years should be kicked off. Welfare helps you get an education and pay for food while doing so , so that you can become a better person. A person who contributes to this country , not milking it. Think about the example you are setting for your children? if you decide to have kids, you should decide to take care of them. if you cant, you should know how to use a condom. Why should your children suffer? if you have 1 child, and cannot support them on your own... dont have another. Common sence.yes i can see why people who work look down on those who dont.Like i said it was meant to help out in the short term. You can become a nurse in 18 months in this country. So why stay on 10, 12, 20 years?Its true, I have seen men and women on welfare from the time thier kids are born to the time they are 18. Why? if you really look at it, its pathedic. I know you dont want the truth, but then you shouldnt have asked the question. there are so many truly needy people in this country who get nothing, because so much of our social funding goes to lazy people. before you get in a huff, read this and think about what i am saying .... Have I been in your shoes, yes I am right now. Do i collect welfare no. I go to school and work. My ex husband takes the kids and pays child support, but I carry most of the burden on my own. Why? Because I love my children. I didnt choose to be divorced, but it happened and now I have to pick up the pieces . i will not teach my son or daughter to play the victim. I will teach them how to be adults.Thats my job.
2007-04-01 07:09:49
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answered by fred johneson 1
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People are getting more and more intolerant towards those on benefits because of the mishandling of the entire system by the government.
Benefits seem to be given to anybody for anything except those that really need it and then when THEY claim, they get asked to pay it back! This has just happened to me and now I 'owe' five thousand pounds because they say I was wrong to claim. They assessed it, they awarded it and it was now four years ago. An absolutely criminal and cruel joke.
We are all a bit angry at the whole thing to be honest and that is why we are stand-offish. I view it all as something else I have to support, some other mouth I have to feed and to be honest, it's not my responsibility - especially when my claim was legitimate and now I am sick with worry on how to pay all that back AND support Benefit Spongers as well.
Totally disillusioned with the whole thing.
2007-04-01 07:14:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Want to know how to get your ex back? Change yourself. Don't worry about changing other people, worry about changing yourself. Go to https://tr.im/Qlwgj
Once you do that then you can start to worry about getting back together with your ex, other wise you will find that you are fighting about all the same things and getting no where. Do what it takes and I promise things will work out in your favor.
The funny thing is I came to the realization that I had to change a little too late. After I was kicked out and after I was about to lose the only things that truly mattered to me - her love. A funny thing happens when we truly love someone and lose them. We do what ever it takes to get them back. For me I had to drop bad habits that had caused not only our relationship to sour but practically every other relationship I had had in the past. Not only with women, but with friends, co-workers, family, you name it.
Which is why I say to you as my ex at the time said to me, the only thing you can do is change yourself. Work on yourself and improve on the person that you already are. Drop the negative things in your life that don't belong there and you will see all of your relationships start to take off to new heights.
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answered by mammie 3
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America is a fascist, intolerant society. Hello?
2007-04-01 07:04:37
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answered by completelysurroundedbyimbeciles 4
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I've been thinking exactly the same, I don't like the thought of people scrounging but there are people who find themselves in difficult situations through no fault of their own. But for the grace of God go I
2007-04-01 07:10:38
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answered by taffia's other half 2
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Granted not all single parents are single parents by choice, but think of us who work to earn everything we have. Many people on benefits brag about how they get this and that paid for by benefits that the rest of us have paid for in taxes.
IT'S A SIMPLE CASE OF BENEFITS SHOULD COVER ONLY THE BASICS AND NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY PLASMA TV'S, HOLIDAYS ETC.
IF PEOPLE WANT THOSE THINGS THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO WORK FOR THEM OR DO WITHOUT!
2007-04-01 06:59:18
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answered by crumblecustard 2
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Single parents are there by choice - how could it be otherwise? Some of us who are not so well off find it hard to continue giving more and more to people who are unable to plan and guide their own lives
2007-04-01 06:57:24
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answered by Professor 7
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Grandpas Shithole
2007-04-01 06:54:53
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answered by Anonymous
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