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[Kezzieboy]

Again, all these things are lovely ideas, well apart from forcing people to work sounds a bit like a 'work camp' to me. But it's all bloody irrelevant, the costs involved are a pittance. Let them doss, it costs the state f*ck all and they get a very basic standard of living (unless they are in the 0.7% who are committing benefit fraud and breaking the law). If we claimed even a tiny percentage of unpaid tax we'd be far better off than if we cracked down on benefits.

Maybe once the rich are paying there share we can make a fairer system for the poorest members of society. Once there is a real chance for social mobility, once getting off benefits doesn't mean getting stuck in some menial job, being paid less than the living wage, or on some stupid zero hour contract, with no guarantee of work or pay just to fiddle the unemployment figures. Maybe then we can encourage people to 'get off their arses'. Maybe once we have an economy based on skilled work people will enjoy getting a job. Once the economy isn't based entirely within the banks and investment management firms in the City of London, maybe there'll be jobs for everyone.

For now, the poor are getting the shitty end of the stick. Blame the government, the multinationals, the CEOs, the mega rich, just don't blame those who are getting rogered by the system just like you and I.