Originally Posted by
JAYJAY
I am really sorry DaytonaDog but I have to say that has to be one of the most biased, ill-informed, vitrilous, lopsided posts it's ever been my displeasure to have read!
If you think families on benefits, for whatever reason, are living a life of luxury with smart cars, huge plasma TV's, shall we assume nice holidays too, a new washing machine at the drop of a hat, all on us poor taxpayers, and presumably living a better life than you or I can afford, you are seriously deluded and totally out of touch with reality.
Pehaps your view is marred by the fact that by definition the people you are visiting (Quote "I go to houses were not a single member of the household works, yet there is a 50 inch plasma tv, plush leather sofas, a decent car, various gadgets and gizmos, they all smoke, drink" unquote) are criminals and their extra luxuries are paid for by crime!
With the liklihood of unemployment rising massively during this parliament, are you going to paint all the people unfortunate enough to lose there jobs and find it difficult to find work with the same brush? What if you lose yours? Is ANYONE on benefits to come under your dogmatic right wing description? I think Ken was a bit tongue in cheek when he titled this string - but the attitude you portray could possibly be a seed if given enough voice.
God protect the poor in your world, you obviously wont.
Lock up the criminal s by all means - please - we hate them. But be very careful with sweeping generalisations and dogmatic statements which bare no resemblance to the truth. There is a poverty trap in this country and too many of our citizens are caught in it. It is a social wrong which needs addressing. As do the criminally selfish bankers who are the architects of our debt.