[Margaret Pilkington]

No Mancie it isn't.......but you constantly snipe at whatever the government does.
There has developed in this country a benfits culture. Whole families and generations of t hem draw benefits rather that work for their living....How did this come about?
Well, I think you know the answer to that one.
I believe in support for those who find themselves on hard times, but I do not believe in giving handouts to every Tom Dick and Harry who walk into this country for economic reasons....then send the money back home to their families in the homeland....do you? That is not good for our economy...only theirs.

The only way you can regulate how people on benefits spend their money is to give them vouchers for food....and even this is not fool proof as they could always sell the vouchers in order to buy drink, drugs or cigarettes....or whatever their dependency requires.

The Welfare system needs a radical overhaul, and has needed it for a long time now.
No government has had the guts to do anything other than tinker around.
It should never be more lucrative to be on benefits than it is to go out and earn a living.