Please sign This petition Ian Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week.

ILW

Murphy_Gooner wrote: »

Did you not read what was said?


Aside from that. I just got to love all the comments and experts on here :rotfl:
Some of you really should get jobs in government and advise people on how to better themselves and get a job from all the thousands upon thousands of jobs they have out there.
Heh maybe even give some people directions to the magical pot of gold found at the end of the rainbow.

I am self employed, nothing to stop anyone trying it.

Teahfc

AMG762 wrote: »

I cant believe how quickly people are signing this petition. The way its going it should reach the 150,000 'needed' sometime today.

Will be interesting to see what response (if any) from I.D.S.

He has already made it clear IF he had to live on £53 he would, but he does not,all very well asking what we he do, if he tried it for a week he will still live in his house and have his resources.
I would rather him be working helping run the country than sitting in a bed sit for a week twiddling his thumbs to please a few critics.

Its not until you feel the pain of week after week month after month of living life like in that scenario that it bites, but hey this is the UK at least you get £53 For doing nothing more than signing your name, plenty of places you dont !
Maybe this is what some (not all) need a kick up the financial !!!.

When you have a queue of Bulgarians /Romanians at the moment working for 83p a hour minimum wage also jostling for jobs in the UK will realise working for minimum wage in the UK is not bad deal !

Open your eyes British manual workers and remember none of us are too good to to do any job ..and until there is not a job of any description left then there is work to be had !

guilds

It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of apathy there is in this country.
and on this forum too. A number of posters on this thread regularly week in week out whine on about how the system has dealt them a bad hand, no money left for gym memberships no money left for heating no money for fuel, or food, then someone does something positive the then same people state it is a waste of time, I can tell you there are people in the government who wish this poll had not started, it has got people talking, and it is on every news channel in the UK and in Europe. I sit here warm and snug in my large house in the country, it dose not affect me at all and I feel more enraged than those on the receiving end, are you really that downtrodden?.

Pollycat

guilds wrote: »

It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of apathy there is in this country.
and on this forum too. A number of posters on this thread regularly week in week out whine on about how the system has dealt them a bad hand, no money left for gym memberships no money left for heating no money for fuel, or food, then someone does something positive the then same people state it is a waste of time, I can tell you there are people in the government who wish this poll had not started, it has got people talking, and it is on every news channel in the UK and in Europe. I sit here warm and snug in my large house in the country, it dose not affect me at all and I feel more enraged than those on the receiving end, are you really that downtrodden?.

I don't whinge about the sytem dealing me a bad hand - it hasn't actually.

But I still say this petition is a waste of time.

The whole idea is unworkable.

Who in Govt wishes this poll (I assume you mean petition) had never started?

Of course it's got people talking - those people who can't see how ridiculous the idea is.

I'm warm & snug too - but not downtrodden.

mumps

djdandew wrote: »

Oh i love the black and white world you actually would make a good a mp, i am 36 legally blind i worked for the RSPCA for 15 years, i have a son who has got cystic fibrosis and is quite ill, I had to give up work to care for him and spend large amounts of time staying over at the hospital with him.

I hate being on benefits but please direct me to job vacancy's for someone in my position.

Your situation is very unfortunate and I sympathize but you shouldn't be living on £53 a week, have you had any advice on benefits? I am no expert but you should be looking at IS CA HB and loads of other stuff. I don't know how old your son is but there should be help for him as well. Good luck.

shedboy94

paddedjohn wrote: »

And he went on to say that because of the weather he could only trade for 21 days so far this year, guess what he sells ............hats scarves gloves and raingear. If he got off his ar4e and stopped his gambling then he might one day be earning a decent wage instead of whinging about how hard done by he is.

The guy is clearly not fulfilling the required working hours to claim the WTC that he says he does, so hopefully will be investigated for benefit fraud.

guilds

Pollycat wrote: »

I don't whinge about the sytem dealing me a bad hand - it hasn't actually.

But I still say this petition is a waste of time.

The whole idea is unworkable.

Who in Govt wishes this poll (I assume you mean petition) had never started?

Of course it's got people talking - those people who can't see how ridiculous the idea is.

I'm warm & snug too - but not downtrodden.

You have to look beyond the idea of IDS slumming it on £53 I know it wont happen, it is about raising awareness of the injustice.
If you say to quote "I don't whinge about the sytem dealing me a bad hand - it hasn't actually." you may just be confirming why the cuts have to happen, are You saying the system has been or is generous to you ?

ILW

guilds wrote: »

You have to look beyond the idea of IDS slumming it on £53 I know it wont happen, it is about raising awareness of the injustice.
If you say to quote "I don't whinge about the sytem dealing me a bad hand - it hasn't actually." you may just be confirming why the cuts have to happen, are You saying the system has been or is generous to you ?

What is the injustice?
It appears to be a lot of complaining about people just being given a bit less free money than they were expecting.

guilds

ILW wrote: »

What is the injustice?
It appears to be a lot of complaining about people just being given a bit less free money than they were expecting.

As I told you before ILW Grow up!, out of interest is ILW an acronym?
Stop it guilds your stooping to his level

ILW

guilds wrote: »

As I told you before ILW Grow up!, out of interest is ILW an acronym?
Stop it guilds your stooping to his level

Do you actually know what JSA stands for?
It is supposed to be a temporary measure to survive on whilst finding a job. It is not about a lifetime.