I’m feeling quite misunderstood here!!
Did I actually say that ALL (2.4 million) the unemployed were lazy and didn’t want to take low paid jobs?? I’m sure I didn’t. I think I have always suggested that there is a core number of people who really don’t want to work because they are lazy.
I believe I have said / implied that support should be given to those who need it to gain employment. I agree that not everyone claims for long periods of time but just until they get themselves sorted out.
I remember a friends mother many years ago, being told she was starting work in PC World the next day because she had been claiming for so long and if she didn’t turn up she didn’t get a penny in benefits again!
I believe I said something along the lines of under the present welfare system people don’t want to take low-paid jobs because they are financially better off not doing so. Is that a good system? Where it’s better to be on welfare doing nothing than take a job and possibly get further employment opportunities? It’s far easier to get another better paid job when you already have one than when you don’t. Welfare shouldn’t be a choice.
“You might not agree with so many migrant workers taking jobs in Briton (I also have an issue with it), but the idea they are sponging off the system is total BS, they contribute to the economy.” – What statement exactly are you responding to here?
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