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Originally Posted by blazey

Better to work hard and risk a fall than have never stood on your own two feet.

I never assumed you weren't from a family on benefits, I said you haven't experienced it in this generation to be able to make such a claim. The members of this forum whinge about Polish people having all the factory jobs and then contradict themselves by favouring living off benefits anyway.

Labour, conservative, bnp... whoever you vote for will make no difference, as neither party can work miracles. But I for one refuse to sit down and accept I can live happily on benefits if I choose when I could be working towards something else. University ISN'T all funded, I will leave university with easily £20000 debt and still have to fund more education and training. If it wasn't for loans I wouldn't be here, because grants dont even cover enough for the living costs never mind the books, travel, food etc. And I will have to pay it back, and whilst doing that I'll be working and paying taxes that go towards pensions and care homes for elderly people that sit at the pc all day claiming living off benefits is better than working for under £6 an hour.

Would you be more satisfied if I got pregnant and dropped out of uni, is that whats more accepted in accrington? Is that what you expect of your grandchildren?

I’ll grant you that I do not have first hand experience but with 4 children and 11 grandchildren most of whom are experiencing today’s living problems I have second hand experience.

What you do with your life is no concern of mine but at least you got the OPPORTUNITY to go to university. People of my generation and the following one NEVER got that opportunity unless ‘daddy’ had loads of money and they had real grey matter that enabled them to go to a Grammar School. The pressure of contributing to the family finances forced many kids to go to work at 15. Bright kids who, but for the lack of family funds, could have done well for themselves at university.

I will not condemn a man or woman who tries to do the best for themselves and their family if it means that total benefits add up to more than they would get at work.

The government can work ‘miracles’ if they got their priorities right and stopped wasting billions.

You are just a SNOB!