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Originally Posted by beechy
many kids that are growing up today
dont know anything different
all their lives more than likely any parents at hand
never worked so led by example
when i was growing up a million years ago everybody
kind of worked parents made you work
now many parents say why bother just look at me
i can afford not to work in fact i cannot afford to work
ministerial payouts are far to good so just whos fault is it
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There have always been families like that as long as welfare benefits have existed. When I started work at Accy Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance in 1960, I soon learned the family names of the 'regulars'.
At that time there was legislation in force which prevented such families from having more coming in than that of a council labourer. That didnt get them working or stop them from claiming. That rule was abolished by Barbara Castle because it was the children who felt the poverty (dad stlll had his beer money regardless).