Very good life indeed

[KimberleyChris]

Nobody on benefits is unable to feed themselves & families if they act responsibly.

You haven't even read the article at all have you? ,,, before giving us the benefit of your wisdom.

Surprise surprise,

[KimberleyChris]

When we were younger, often we'd scrape even and get by on less than £10pw food between both of us.

Impossible.

Yes ... I am calling you a LIAR!!!!!

[KimberleyChris]

Tonight's feast at KC towers was baked potatoes for three people.

(Morrisons)

Potatoes: £1.25
Coleslaw: £1.03
Cheese for three: £ 3.45

Add it up, times it by seven and subtract 33 % because there were only two of you.

Less than £10 ?????

[scooterscot]

I've seen it. I lived in one of the roughest council estates on the west coast for years. I've got no problem fitting in with people up the economic scale, but to me the argument of no food is laughable. I've watched people piss their weekly money up the wall. Go round to peoples house with CDs/DVDs up to the roof with the latest kit saying their skint. Been moaned to by single mums puffing away 20 fags a day. Watched my own nephews get tatooed to the high
heavens, sit on their arses watching telly all year for years and then blame the government for being out of work!

Nobody on benefits is unable to feed themselves & families if they act responsibly.

I don't disagree.

But the OP did not give the impression of someone of who indulged in meaningless tat.

[russell]

You haven't even read the article at all have you? ,,, before giving us the benefit of your wisdom.

Surprise surprise,

Whose sockie is this? Worst yet

[KimberleyChris]

You all seem to live in a dream world regarding just how much state benefits actually are,

If you know somebody on the dole who drinks regularly, smokes, runs a car, and has a houseful of gadgets that were bought during the time they were on benefits and not before ...

Then that person is working on the side.

There are a lot of them, I have even done it myself in the past briefly. It's a matter of survival.

[KimberleyChris]

Whose sockie is this? Worst yet

Well, you tell me. 'Russell' is online, and 'Marillionfan' is offline, which is rare, isn't it?

[scooterscot]

Riddle me this then:

Why if the person is struggling to pay their bills (backlogged council tax, etc), would they have a child?

If one cannot afford to support themselves, what makes them think they can support a child?

How we connect giving life to the arbitrary notion money is necessary for society to exist is beyond me to breathtaking.

You're life today was the process of millions of years of evolution, the pound in your pocket could be worth halve it's value next week should Merv decide to press the printing button. Should the lucky couple wait until then to find out?

[russell]

Well, you tell me. 'Russell' is online, and 'Marillionfan' is offline, which is rare, isn't it?

Yep!! you got me, every user that is offline when I am online is my sockie master.


............
Right, whoever owns this sockie, make him a bit less moronic, at least then he might be believable.

[MarillionFan]

You haven't even read the article at all have you? ,,, before giving us the benefit of your wisdom.

Surprise surprise,

Yep i read it.

The usual tulipe about how we don't waste money and there is not enough to go about. My own sister said to me last month 'MF you don't know what it's like not to be able to have the money to buy a loaf of bread'. And my answer was 'No you're right but that's because I've always made ends meet'.

My sister saved £3000 a few years ago and blew it on going to centeparcs over Xmas saying that 'other people do it' she was then skint for the rest of the year. I on the other hand would never have spent that over the Xmas period because it's a waste of fooking money.

The lead in the article doth protest too much.