scroungers

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My stupid sister...

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 7 Jun 10

My nephew and his wife are professional scroungers. Neither of them managed to hold down a job and as soon as they got together started having children (five so far!) so they could live off the state. They have lived off...

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Benefits & Scroungers

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 29 Jul 09

As the economy circles the drain, services are cut, and taxes skyrocket angry voices are raised. One group of people are hearing derision almost as angry as that shot at the banks that got the world economy into this mess. It is...

benefits system

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Make Scroungers Work!

MichaelJay @MichaelJay (1100) 21 Jul 08

This is the basic message coming from the UK government today that people of working age on long term benefits such as invalidity should be made to do some sort of work to pay for their benefits. The idea is that this work should...

government policy

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Living the high life for no cost.

us2owls @us2owls (1681) • United States 24 Jul 07

The headline on an article in our morning paper yesterday here in the UK said, "YOU BUY A SCROUNGER FAMILY £1/2m HOME." Right under the headline it went on to say "Taxpayers foot bill for jobless couple with 12 kids." The story...

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Tax Credits

Bobbi1 @Bobbi1 (3) 23 Sep 06

Help for working families or booze money for the lazy?

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Family

rainbow @rainbow (6761) 14 Aug 06

Do you ever feel that some of your family are only when they need or want to borrow something? Why is it that it's ok to borrow and think...

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