Benefits & Scroungers  

I honestly just hate it when people abuse the benefits. i've seen a lot of people who do abuse it, and my hard earned money that government took from me is going to people who don't even need it, they are just too darn greedy. I think people should stop depending on money so much, honestly, food grows on trees, so plant some and get over the prises... i grow a lot of things in my studio apartment and it does help. if i can grow food in this little apartment, every one can. people have obesity and yet they are too darn lazy to walk a few blocks to a store instead of driving... this would save some money too. honestly, people have to stop and think, there were days when money didn't exist, people lived during those times too... money isn't everything, we have to stop depending on it so much...

All these people who are being labeled as scroungers need to be looked at on a case by case basis. The chronically obese, for instance. I have relatives that fit that category. They work hard, it is just their bodies have never worked right. They hold jobs, but not necessarily the highest paying. The mentally ill, well, they are ill. That does not mean we are going to take them out and shoot them. They need to be taken care of, or they will become a bigger problem to our society. Chronic pain is an issue all of its own. It is not well managed. I cannot imagine how it would be to have chronic pain. I had just short of three weeks of pulled muscle or some other kind of pain, and nothing was working very well for very long. I just cannot imagine living my life that way, but some do. I believe that there are jobs that can be adjusted to these categories, but not while our economy is in the pits.

I WAS fit and healthy - till my world fell apart.
I WAS a well paid fitness instructor - till my health fell apart. Before that, I had muscles that'd make Madonna weep with envy. Well, sort of. Under the flab anyway.

My previous job ...don't even go there. When I was working at that place, keyboards were things attached to grand pianos.

Point being: I'm well qualified, but have been struggling along on benefits for a while.

At a very late stage (51) I find I'm good at something - journalism. But here am I, 50 plus (I've got the Saga car insurance to prove it) about to kick off a career most people start when they're 18.


I need a qualification - otherwise, I don't get the work.

There IS a journalism course - and it's accredited by the learning and skills council. But - tra dah - it costs £4000.

Will the government give me the money I need to train, so I can get off the dole? Will they heck. Best they can do is say "go get a bank loan" - tough, when your credit rating is shot as mine is.

So, what is the LSC anyway?

UK Govt spiel for "We want to look like we're helping people get back to work - but we're not, really. We need the cash for our 2nd, 3rd and 4th homes. Nowgo awayandstopannoyingusyousmellylittleruntyou."

We're cracking down on benefir thieves, they say.

Uh huh.

Guess that explains why the House of Commons is empty this time of year.

I thought the reason was they were all going off on second holidays or something.