Lazy friends become a liability

At the moment, I'm working all work on a low hourly rate and am looking for somewhere to live. Time and time again, I see properties advertised "DSS welcome" and the weekly rent is quite high. I certainly couldn't afford it and I'm working. How is it that these lazy, scrounging, idle, good-for-nothings can take on rents that working people couldn't manage to pay? Why doesn't the Government stop this? Just set an 80 pound a week limit for rent and stick to it. Once they find, they can't afford anything decent, they might just think about getting a job.

I have no gripe with the elderly, the disabled or the students in college, but what I do hate are lazy slobs who just take state hand outs and stick two fingers up at the hard working tax payer who spends 50 hours a week at work to earn their crust. I have never signed on, and wouldn't ever do it, I believe that you should earn ya money. I have a disabled brother who has never walked a day in his life and even he has a full time job in morrisons, so if he can do it why cant these lazy scum bags. lots of women round my way are getting pregnent on purpose to to get a council flat and money, in most cases catching a bloke out and claiming csa ruining his life at the same time. stop benifits for this to. if they have a baby, they should deal with it, why should us workers pay for all these lazy people. im moving out of the uk. you have no rights if you are a working class honest person in todays modern "multi" cultured united kingdom. the goverment need to sort this now before it gets any worse, my dad (rip) worked for 40 odd years, payed in to the system and in the end it turned its back on him, clegg, camron get your backsides in gear, now this country is a world wide laughing stock and you need to fix it.

Mr Badback. It's unfortunate that you have not done the course on how to get as much money as you can. It's an exclusive club. You see the number one rule that you are breaking is 'You are a decent person' See the system doesnt like that.So here is the course instructions part one.
Get a can of strong lager and go to the benefit office. Shout and swear that they are abusing your civil liberties. Bang on the counter and light a fag up. Oh and make sure you have a Rottweiller tied up outside with a piece of string. A tattooed girlfriend and 7 kids. Finish off by urinating on the counter...and you should get some money. However I think you will fail the course my friend because you are a hard worker and thouroughly decent chap who has to work hard to pay for the lazy. I am so sorry.

I have a severe curvature of the spine(68 degree to be exact) I still work full time and suffer from lower back pain all the time. I have been to see half a dozen spinal surgeons to see if they can straighten my back but they have all said no to an operation because the risk of being paralysed is very high over 90% chance and even if the operation was a success my body would be restricted in what it could do, I could not bend or lift etc. But I' am not entitled to a single penny in benefits because I can still use my hands even if I had the operation I still would not be entitled to anything. I asked one of the spinal surgeons a question what happens when I can't work because of the pain because my employer will say that i'm not up to the job?, he said" well go and work in Sainsburys stacking shelves you will still be able to use your hands". A lot of buisness will not employ anyone nowadays with bad backs. I'm lucky that my previous employer has not shown me the door and told me not to come back. But that day will come when they see that i'm a liability and can not do my job any more I have already been picke on by management for not pulling my weight. So what happens when they say your fired then god only knows. There must be other people out there in the same boat as me.

troutmouth,

I am not sure why you are saying that if you don't send the post now you never will. Are you saying you are upset by what people say or that you are embarrassed by your situation?

You are not someone who intended to get pregnant so that you would not have to work; you had a partner and a job and this is not something that you thought would happen to you. The benefits system was never intended to be a long term way to live , except for people with severe disabilities, and your situation is what it was meant for - a temporary safety net.

When your child starts school you intend to get some experience and maybe training and then get back into the labour market so hold your head up and ignore what people say because you know who you are and that you are doing your best to lead a decent life.

Hi troutmouth, Unfortunately you are missing the point and I have never 'got' why the decent people who have paid into the system and deserve help 'bite' You have 'contributed' and are still willing to do so. It's the lazy dross that have never contributed and abuse the system that gets peoples backs up. Don't you see, if we could flush these parasites out then maybe you could get more money to help you. Surely you can see that????

Can I please put my point across as a "sponger", I have worked since I left school at 16 and worked until I had my son at 20, I went back to work when my son was 3. I carried on working until my partner of 5 years found out I was pregnant and decided he didnt want to be a daddy leaving me in the unenviabile position of having to claim income support I, I dont have a wide screen telly or leather furniture and a staffordshire bull terrier most of the things ihave are from family, charity shops, or car boot sales, I cannot understand how these people can boast about be on the social I am the first person in my family to have ever claimed any benefit and I absolutely hate it as soon as my little girl is in school I will be back at work even its only voluntary for a litle while so please do not wrte us all off "spongers" I am sorry about the punctuation but if I dont send this now I never will.

Obviously not Tom. At least not until the lazy get the message that we can't support them anymore...then it will be over.

Is this boring gripe site still around? I would have thought that everything that needed to be sais has been said.

The benefit system is there to help the ones who cant help themselves, not to support the ones who wont help themselves. How many of us know people claiming one parent allowances, but have a live in partner, iam sure its everybody. Ive got relatives who do it and think nothing of letting us tax payers keep them, lets hope this new goverment finds a way to sort this problem.

I am npt sticking to fingers up at anybody but I am a mental health patient I do feel guilty about claimg income support I know it is tax payers money but I am on depo injections.

you work hard ,pay your taxes ,you try to enjoy a few luxuries in life through your hard earned money ,then these urchins or street rats from the scummy council estates f**k it up for you , these urchins are a product of a broken britain something that succesve governments have failed to address and you know what ,the majority of this scum are english born and bred , we complain about foriegners coming here to take our jobs but the truth is the english dont want to work they prefer claiming benefits thats why this country is broken !!! Trashy english tossers