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Originally Posted by Neil
No idea, thats why I am not a politician.
Its ok saying don't give them money if they have never paid into the system but we have generations of people who have never worked.
Not giving them any money as you said would mean certain death and a massive increase in crime - is that what you want?
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Well Neil, I think you are probably too young to remember the UK before the welfare state became a way of life...in fact I know you are!
I remember there being very little help for people but folks had to manage with what they had.
You didn't go for a pint in the pub if you had no bread in the pantry...you didn't go to the pictures if the rent man was due.
We have bred a generation of people who see it as their
right to draw benefits...but with rights go responsibilities...these are conveniently overlooked or not considered.
I am not saying that all benefit claimants are scroungers....but it is true to say that there a re pockets in this country where no-one works...or seems to want to work.
Now.....the current benefit bill is 220 billion a year...this has to come from somewhere.........where do want this money to be taken from?
As for your question.....No I wouldn't let them starve on the streets(you must really think I am a heartlesws beast), but they would not get the kind of handouts that they get now...and anyone coming into the country would have to prove they could sustain themselves for 2 years or they would be shown the door...if after 2 years of living off their own resources they had not got a job, or a home they would lose their right to residency.