BobAid - why are we sending aid to BobLand?

[MrMark]

I know of people who have never worked in their lives.

No incentive to work. Why work when the benefits come rolling in.

Why is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'? Yes, there are some rum characters who sign on. I just hope I never have to work or hire such people. I'd sooner they were getting wasted on gold label than mugging us in the street. Just an opinion: I'm sure I will be shouted down here by people so unhappy with their lives that they're envious of benefit claimants. I can think of few more depressing experiences than going to the job centre, but yes, maybe that's just me.

[OwlHoot]

Somebody has to educate the thicko's. I try and do my bit.

thickos thicko



(or was it deliberate, like chav's - apologies if so)

[OwlHoot]

Why is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'? Yes, there are some rum characters who sign on. I just hope I never have to work or hire such people. I'd sooner they were getting wasted on gold label than mugging us in the street. Just an opinion: I'm sure I will be shouted down here by people so unhappy with their lives that they're envious of benefit claimants. I can think of few more depressing experiences than going to the job centre, but yes, maybe that's just me.

They don't need to visit the job centre if they're on incapacity benefit, which they can easily get onto by whining to their GP about back pain or stress.

[fckvwls]

thickos thicko



(or was it deliberate, like chav's - apologies if so)

Two clever by half

[gingerjedi]

Why is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'?

Because they don't do a bit of 'cash-in-hand' or deal a bit of 'puff', nobody on the rock 'n' roll survives on that alone.

[TykeMerc]

Could never see the justification for making Foreign Aid packages exempt from the swingeing cuts that have affected almost every other area of Government Spending. It would have been near the top of sacrificial pots in my book.

I agree completely. We're skint so international aid is utterly expendable.

[Green Mango]

Why is that whenever a tv doc shows politicians trying to survive on the dole, they never make the week'? Yes, there are some rum characters who sign on. I just hope I never have to work or hire such people. I'd sooner they were getting wasted on gold label than mugging us in the street. Just an opinion: I'm sure I will be shouted down here by people so unhappy with their lives that they're envious of benefit claimants. I can think of few more depressing experiences than going to the job centre, but yes, maybe that's just me.

I don't think anyone is envious of those lives.

I don't think benefits claimants lives are necessarily bad either.

I new one contractor who had a lot of benefit claimant mates all graduates.
They used do a lot of outside sports activities and really enjoyed their lives.
They just didn't want to work. You might classify them as the slacker generation.

I knew another benefit claimant. He used to claim some sort of incapacity thing that
meant he got a car and living benefits. He was supposed to have some sort of muscle disability.
However, people told me he used to do a lot of garden maintenance work and he was also a regular
lothario. Doesn't sound too bad a life. He's left the UK though with a partner, maybe he's
really working for a living now.

I could go on ...

I just think the benefits system is a bit crazy when for many it is better on it than working.

I also feel that the Western world cannot go on raking up debt like we have been doing. The rest of the
world is not going to pay for us if we don't pay our own way.

[Spacecadet]

It's important to give money to struggling, poor countries.

You know, like Singapore.

In international terms £8.7million over 5 years is comparable to buying your mate a pint at the pub.

[shaunbhoy]

In international terms £8.7million over 5 years is comparable to buying your mate a pint at the pub.

And how many hip replacements do you think?

[Spacecadet]

And how many hip replacements do you think?

if that money, which is less than 0.01% of the NHS budget, was spent on the NHS instead, I doubt there would have been any noticeable change in the service delivered.