No point working - why not just go on benefits?

B_Blank

purch wrote: »

Yes.

The Blankster is this very minute working on providing the proof to back up these apparantly wild and sensational claims.

Don't hold your breath :eek:

You think the current situation is amusing do you?

Get real mate.

edinburgher

Stop trolling.

Sorry, but your entire lengthy first post was just nasty 'I hate poor people' benefits bashing. Granted, some people take the p***, but your attempts at humour aren't appreciated.

purch

You think the current situation is amusing do you?

It's your continued pathetic attempts to start threads to cause a "flame up" that I find amusing.

You need to put more thought into it.

You are failing dismally.

B_Blank

edinburgher wrote: »

Sorry, but your entire lengthy first post was just nasty 'I hate poor people' benefits bashing. Granted, some people take the p***, but your attempts at humour aren't appreciated.

Not at all. This is a thread for friendly discussion. Your personal insults are NOT welcome here. Please troll somehwere else.

I dont hate poor people, the poorest people in the country are the ones with low paid jobs. FACT. They dont qualify for benefits, and they are forced to pay stupid rents on run down shoeboxs whilst those who dont work are in 4 bed houses. They are forced to pay thousands every year just to get to their underpaid job.

I am sticking up for the poor people. You clearly dont.

Get a clue please.

wotsthat

purch wrote: »

Yes.

The Blankster is this very minute working on providing the proof to back up these apparantly wild and sensational claims.

Don't hold your breath :eek:

Good advice about not holding your breath - I got to 10 minutes but had to stop.

Not even a link to the Daily Mail for evidence - very disappointing.

prosaver

B_Blank wrote: »

The following reasons make me think benefits is better than work financially:

1, High (and rising) cost of commuting to work eating into profit from going to work. Being on benefits will mean you wont have to commute to work.

2, Benefits are linked to inflation and wage growth is lagging behind inflation. Thus, you are assured more of a pay rise if you are on benefits. Another reason to just go on benefits.

3, Less stress - you dont have to get up at 6 am everyday, and then only get home at 7pm when you are on benefits. Just pop down to the job centre every so often and scribble some rubbish on an application form and you will be assured of getting a nice little income.

Seriously, why would anyone work in an average £15k a year job 15 miles from them home? It will cost them a fortune to get there and they wont get any wage increase. Whereas if you go on benefits you can just sit in your house (not waste money on petrol) and get access to a benefits system protected from inflation.

The BoE and government (labour or tory) dont care about the working man. You might as well just go on benefits and stay inflation protected. Heck, if you play your cards right and have a few kids you cant afford then you can get a big house (free) and even more free money every week to support them.

Also there is no point working hard and saving because the government will just screw you with high inflation and low IR and make sure that your savings are ground down to dust. Also, if you get old an dhave no savings the government will pay for everything you need, whereas if you have savings they will make you pay for it yourself. Saving is pointless in the UK. It is better to spend as much as you can as often as you can, and to not worry about preparing for a rainy day. When the rainy day comes other people who prepared for it will fit the bill for you so its ok.

COnclusion = unless you earn £20k+ a year then you should just give up and go on benefits. IF you earn maybe less than £30k a year but have to travel to work then you should also just quit and go on benefits, maybe even have a few kids (the more the better chance you have of rinsing the system). That is my advice on how to make it in the UK

Good luck.

get a part time job in your local town:T:T
anyway the goverment dosent mind unemployement as it keep inflation and strikes down..
enjoy yourself .....its later than you think

carrton

If your posting things like this maybe you dont enjoy your job? I think its all about self confidence and how you feel at the end of a hard working day. Nothing beats the feeling like you've achieved something, rather then claiming benefits because you can, not because you have no other choice.

Ilya_Ilyich

B_Blank wrote: »

Not at all. This is a thread for friendly discussion. Your personal insults are NOT welcome here. Please troll somehwere else.

I dont hate poor people, the poorest people in the country are the ones with low paid jobs. FACT. They dont qualify for benefits, and they are forced to pay stupid rents on run down shoeboxs whilst those who dont work are in 4 bed houses. They are forced to pay thousands every year just to get to their underpaid job.

I am sticking up for the poor people. You clearly dont.

Get a clue please.

Okay so it's a FACT. Clearly you can prove it with numbers then! Can we have some?

B_Blank

carrton wrote: »

If your posting things like this maybe you dont enjoy your job? I think its all about self confidence and how you feel at the end of a hard working day. Nothing beats the feeling like you've achieved something, rather then claiming benefits because you can, not because you have no other choice.

Good point.

Its refreshing to have someone who is prepared to come and make a reasoned arguement about why you should work.

So far alot of the trolls in this thread have just come in and wanted to start an arguement or heckle me for making my original post.

Thanks. :beer:

Ilya_Ilyich

I'm not trolling, I agree with you that we should raise minimum wages, but without numbers all you have is an unsupported claim that doesn't help or inform anyone.