Benefits street

[FJ_Biker]

Well said Ken.

I do not watch this program as it is just media sensationalism

The sad thing it there are two welfare systems in this country, corporate and social.

I believe there are around 5 million people getting help from the government to pay their mortgages and rent in various forms of tax credits etc. Things have gone terribly wrong over time, the welfare system was not designed for this. We are now subsidising more mortgage and rental payments than people on the dole.

I know there is no easy answer to this but blaming people on the dole for Britons financial problems is barking up the wrong tree in my books. I wish I bookmarked the item I read last month, the figures showed it was only 0.2% to 0.4% of people on the dole were actually fiddling the system.

[81-Nomad]

I won't watch it, it almost makes it acceptable to be a parasite upon society by giving these people "celebrity scumbag" status.

FJ, the reason we're in the state we're in is bcos the world is run by the people who own the banks and in turn own our politicians - in my humble opinion of course!

[WR6133]

FJ, the reason we're in the state we're in is bcos the world is run by the people who own the banks and in turn own our politicians - in my humble opinion of course!

The majority of the population being sheep has led to that and will make it worse those at the top know they can get away with anything as those they govern are in the main too timid to do anything, those that complain are easily labelled as crazy/fanatics/ on the fringe of society/etc.