NormanH Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Beware of strong language!http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/benefits-claimant-admits-subsistence-income-scam-2012053029040 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Pathetic gratuitous sh1te. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Well (to quote) "that doesn’t stop me having a worthless, vindictive, judgemental opinion..."[:D][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I found the article rather amusing in a funny kind of way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I love the Daily Smash articles and others of that genre [:D]His income is pretty much identical to mine (although I am not on benefits) and we spend it on the same things, utility bills and food from Lidl!Even his plate of food looks the same.If I were to put up a satellite dish and get Sky we could be one and the same person.Beats working for a living [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote user="NormanH"]Well (to quote) "that doesn’t stop me having a worthless, vindictive, judgemental opinion..."[:D][:P][/quote]That has got to be the best riposte I have seen [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I nearly choked when I read 'full colour tv'. Is there really any other sort these days? I'm glad he is happy, I know enough people on the dole who are not happy and want work and write and write and write applications and not even a 'get lost' letter. Our local Job Centre........... now that is a misnomer, no proper assessment, basically no help. Just a waste of time they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Errm, you do realise that its a spoof report Idun?In fact maybe ANO took it at face value as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 errrmmm, yes, but you know how fiction often reflects life, well I do know someone in exactly that situation. The difference being that if a job came from their applications, then they would take it, well probably would take it, but they are a happy as they are.It just reminds me of all the others that are not and I'm in a right stroppy mood with govermental things at the moment[Www]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 [quote user="Chancer"]Errm, you do realise that its a spoof report Idun?In fact maybe ANO took it at face value as well.[/quote]And then you get the non spoof reports - this week, a couple who are very industrious 'knocking out' kids such that they receive £49k in benefits. They comment that to find work would mean a lower income.Sorry, but I genuinely believe that these peole should be compulsorily sterilised and much cheaper if boiling water is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 This woman too I suppose?http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/29/benefits-system-fit-for-work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Yes, Norman, a very sad case indeed which should never have happened if the professionals had been doing their jobs right. And no doubt there will be other cases such as this which get through the net, but it does not change the fact that thousands of people have been obtaining benefits which they did not deserve when they could have been working, at the expense of the taxpayer, committing social fraud, if you like. Such a situation could not continue. And hopefully the new benefit and its allocation to people who do deserve it will bed down with time, saving a heck of a lot of hard earned cash for the government to spend elsewhere on inflated fees for consultants, guns, games and politicians' jaunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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