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Old 06-12-2011, 18:50   #33
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling

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Originally Posted by accyman View Post

oh and if anyone is a bit envious of their neigbors telly and think its wrong they have a nice telly becaus ethey are on benefits has it ever occured to you that they may have bought the telly before they lost their job or bought it second hand or even had it bought for them or given
If that is the case then all well and good, but the ones I am referring to have never worked....ever!
And yes, in effect they were given the telly....we, the tax payer, gave it to them.

I am not envious of material posessions. If I really, really want something I will save for it......and buy it with a clear conscience knowing that the money I am spending is earned.
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