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Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy
Ah yes, the Daily Mail dream story which combines asylum seekers with house prices.
As I've said these reforms will only save £270m per year. There's nothing to say that for every person identified in Daily Mail propaganda there aren't 100 genuine cases who have paid into the system for years and need help for a short time.
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These stories aren't just in The Mail......they are in other newspapers too.
And you are right when you say that for every person identified in the mail there
may be 100 others who have paid into the system.
And if you watch the BBC in a morning(Saints and Scroungers) you will see that there are people who come here and defraud the benefits system of hundreds of thousands of pounds by claiming in different names, claiming for non existent children, claiming housing benefits for several properties, whilst having hundred of thousands of pounds in bank accounts.
This is money out of your pocket, which could be going to genuine claimants.
I am sure MargaretR is right when she tells us that it has been going on since the sixties, but if that is the case why haven't successive governments made efforts to tighten up the system....because it is the
system which is at fault.
The welfare system was never meant to be a life style choice...it was meant to offer a helping hand.