Council house rant....

abbadon3

I personaly have an issue with it due to the fact i am a hard working member of society who likes to contribute and improve my community.

I have never claimed benefits of any sort. Whilst unemployed for 6 months i refused to claim job seekers and ran myself financialy into the ground racking up debt. Since that time i found myself a job, worked hard, have moved through the ranks and not only am i out of debt i am buying a property.

The reason i refused to claim job seekers (despite fully qualifying for it) is because i felt i had other options available to me to help myself out of my rut without having to become a burden to the country and other people (granted credit cards are not the most sensible of safety nets).

I feel very strongly that people should do everything in there capability to not have to rely on other people to live. If you are a capable (note: include healthy under capable) human being you should not need to rely on others (or atleast not need to rely on others for long periods of time).

And i love smoking, can't stand people who preach to others about smoking and the likes!

ILW

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

But why do YOU feel this "personal connection" to benefit claimants? Are you the classic bitter ex-smoker who turns into a non-smoking zealot? Is it because you used to claim your benefits but, now that you don't, you don't see why anyone else should? Perhaps you got caught on the fiddle and don't want anyone else to get away with it if you got caught?

The personal connecton is because the money is being forcibly taken from one person and given to another.

Wee_Willy_Harris

ILW wrote: »

The personal connecton is because the money is being forcibly taken from one person and given to another.

Isn't that the capitalist dream?

abbadon3

Oh i seeeeeeeeee, You're a communist.

Now it all makes sense.

Wee_Willy_Harris

abbadon3 wrote: »

I personaly have an issue with it due to the fact i am a hard working member of society who likes to contribute and improve my community.

I have never claimed benefits of any sort. Whilst unemployed for 6 months i refused to claim job seekers and ran myself financialy into the ground racking up debt. Since that time i found myself a job, worked hard, have moved through the ranks and not only am i out of debt i am buying a property.

The reason i refused to claim job seekers (despite fully qualifying for it) is because i felt i had other options available to me to help myself out of my rut without having to become a burden to the country and other people (granted credit cards are not the most sensible of safety nets).

I feel very strongly that people should do everything in there capability to not have to rely on other people to live. If you are a capable (note: include healthy under capable) human being you should not need to rely on others (or atleast not need to rely on others for long periods of time).

And i love smoking, can't stand people who preach to others about smoking and the likes!

That's great. You've made some choices for the betterment of your fellow taxpayers (not claiming JSA) and some that may not be quite so egalitarian in nature (smoking). But why, when you clearly want to have the freedom to make YOUR choices, do you feel it necessary to expect others to do otherwise?

(Not preachy)

Wee_Willy_Harris

abbadon3 wrote: »

Oh i seeeeeeeeee, You're a communist.

Now it all makes sense.

So, if you mention capitalism, you must be a communist? You have some very strange logic.

tamarto

abbadon3 wrote: »

Oh i seeeeeeeeee, You're a communist.

Now it all makes sense.

You do make me laugh.

abbadon3

I firmly believe people should be able to make there own choices and live a life along a path that they set for themselves. But this doesn't stretch to peoples whos choice is to live off of everyone else.

As long as your a decent human being who doesn't try to get a free ride from everyone else then be free to make all the choices you like.

But when your choices cause other people problems then you need to re-think your choices

abbadon3

Glad you both liked that one

tamarto

abbadon3 wrote: »

I firmly believe people should be able to make there own choices and live a life along a path that they set for themselves. But this doesn't stretch to peoples whos choice is to live off of everyone else.

As long as your a decent human being who doesn't try to get a free ride from everyone else then be free to make all the choices you like.

But when your choices cause other people problems then you need to re-think your choices

I'm pressuming you smoke here cos you say you love it.

I take it you'll top yourself if you end up with a smoking related disease, rather than live off anyone else, costing us non smokers a fortune in hospital care, through a choice you made?

Smoking causes other people problems.....