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MargaretR · 06-12-2011, 23:07

Benefit scroungers are not a recent phenomenon.

When I started my career at Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (as it was then) in 1959 there were people who 'worked the system'.

The difference now is that you have been made aware of them.

Why do they get so much publicity? - so that you will be outraged and demand more stringent rules to qualify - which get imposed on ALL people who claim.
You are conned into complicity in the wholesale reduction of all benefits to all people, when the bankers who really caused the problem avoid the attention - you have been 'diverted'.

06-12-2011, 23:07	#37
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68670	Re: Benefits for the poor are spent on drugs and gambling Benefit scroungers are not a recent phenomenon. When I started my career at Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (as it was then) in 1959 there were people who 'worked the system'. The difference now is that you have been made aware of them. Why do they get so much publicity? - so that you will be outraged and demand more stringent rules to qualify - which get imposed on ALL people who claim. You are conned into complicity in the wholesale reduction of all benefits to all people, when the bankers who really caused the problem avoid the attention - you have been 'diverted'. __________________