1 in 4 living off benefits - Page 2

grannyclaret · 28-08-2007, 20:37

I meant to watch Ann Widdicomes programme on bennifit cheats and i forgot,,,I wonder what she found out,,

BERNADETTE · 28-08-2007, 20:37

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I meant to watch Ann Widdicomes programme on bennifit cheats and i forgot,,,I wonder what she found out,,

When was that on?

Lampman · 28-08-2007, 21:12

Take a walk around Accrington centre anyday anytime,there are dozens of loafers strolling around.Surely they are not all on shift work?

Lampman · 28-08-2007, 21:16

The Ann Widecombe program centre on one bloke with as he said 2 wives and 17 kids.They jointly got £38,000 in benefits,Ann secured him a job explaining this would take their income up to £46,000.
Tell me who are the idiots?

shillelagh · 28-08-2007, 21:19

Hang on a minute. I could be one of them that 'loaf' around accy town centre and im on benefits and have been for the last 13 years. Its not my fault what happened - in fact mine is classed as an industrial disease seeing as it happened when i was at work.

Lampman · 28-08-2007, 21:33

Nothing personal,not all can be classed under the same heading,but there are a lot of people promenading the centre most with a pasty in hand!
Some will be genuine cases,others dollopers as is the way of many towns these days.
Some have never had nor ever wanted a job,they bleed our society like financial leeches and as a life long taxpayer I really resent it.Though as I asked before who are the idiots?

Busman747 · 28-08-2007, 22:07

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

Hang on a minute. I could be one of them that 'loaf' around accy town centre and im on benefits and have been for the last 13 years. Its not my fault what happened - in fact mine is classed as an industrial disease seeing as it happened when i was at work.

Don't panic shillelagh, if 25% of the local population are claiming benefits, that is WAY too high, but it stands to reason that many of those are genuine. However............I know of a man of 25 that has worked 3 hours in his lifetime
and claims he has a bad back due to work, is agrophobic and needs to hold his mothers hand if he goes into town (SHE claims for that as a carer!!!!) yet he goes on holiday alone each year The mother cannot get around too much, she claims mobility allowance......but managed a sponsored walk earlier in the year and regularly walks a mile into town (even though she has a free bus pass)

Another woman that claims mobility allowance.......but could outrun me! If the council would pay me £50,000 per year, I would guarantee them making a huge profit out of me without making the truly disabled/genuine claimants suffer.

MargaretR · 28-08-2007, 22:12

Benefit theft : Directgov - Money, tax and benefits

BERNADETTE · 28-08-2007, 22:22

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Originally Posted by Busman747

Don't panic shillelagh, if 25% of the local population are claiming benefits, that is WAY too high, but it stands to reason that many of those are genuine. However............I know of a man of 25 that has worked 3 hours in his lifetime
and claims he has a bad back due to work, is agrophobic and needs to hold his mothers hand if he goes into town (SHE claims for that as a carer!!!!) yet he goes on holiday alone each year The mother cannot get around too much, she claims mobility allowance......but managed a sponsored walk earlier in the year and regularly walks a mile into town (even though she has a free bus pass)

Another woman that claims mobility allowance.......but could outrun me! If the council would pay me £50,000 per year, I would guarantee them making a huge profit out of me without making the truly disabled/genuine claimants suffer.

People like this really get to me, Ian is on DLA and he really is entilted to it, yet you see these scroungers getting benefits that they are not entitled to. They are getting genuine claimants a bad name and as to. how they manage it is beyond me. Ian not only gave the names of both his surgeons on the form, he also had to go to our GP for an assessment because they hadn't seen him.The only reason he had not been to the GP was that he was being seen at the hospital all the time so why waste their time as well? It is about time the scroungers were rooted out and made to pay back any money that they were not entitled to and made to go to work!!

Ianto.W. · 28-08-2007, 22:30

sorry folk's no capitals as i am one handed at present, and not to good but must have my 18 penyworth on this thread, after a lifetime spent as an employer and businessman i have for the last 17 years been reduced to 'living off benefits, i paid more than my share in to this system and if i live to be 65 on december 6th this year ,draw 1 weeks old age pension i will die a happy man, not all people on benefits are scroungersit is far to easy to generalise on this thorny issue, judge not your fellow man to harshly lest ye be judged accordingly, amen.be hice to each other i will see you anon ianto.w.

Lampman · 29-08-2007, 08:49

Sorry to hear that Ianto,by the very nature of the argument only the genuine claiments will appear on this thread.The skiving underclass will just shrug and get on with collecting their money.

BERNADETTE · 29-08-2007, 10:42

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Originally Posted by Lampman

Sorry to hear that Ianto,by the very nature of the argument only the genuine claiments will appear on this thread.The skiving underclass will just shrug and get on with collecting their money.

That's because the bogus claimants haven't got a valid point to make and they know it!!!

grannyclaret · 29-08-2007, 10:54

If i realy wanted to ,i suspose i could claim constant care allowance for my hubby who is realy sick,and neads assistance all the time,but i dont,coz we manage quite well on our works pensions and old age pensions,,,plus d.l.a,,,why be greedy,,,

BERNADETTE · 29-08-2007, 11:07

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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

If i realy wanted to ,i suspose i could claim constant care allowance for my hubby who is realy sick,and neads assistance all the time,but i dont,coz we manage quite well on our works pensions and old age pensions,,,plus d.l.a,,,why be greedy,,,

That isn't being greedy, it is what you are entitled to and is there to make your life easier,

MargaretR · 29-08-2007, 11:09

I encourage anyone who might be entitled to claim. Check out your rights here
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Also report the cheats on the website address I put in an earlier post.

There is a budget of money allocated yearly for benefits. The more cheats that get stopped - the more there is to share out amongst the people who are entitled to it

(in effect they are robbing tax payers and benefits claimants alike)