BENEFITS SUPER SPONGERS MOAN THEY CAN?T SURVIVE IF CASH IS SLASHED TO ?500 A WEEK

[gmb45]

SPONGERS and benefit charities have moaned George Osborne?s cull of the super scroungers is ?just not fair?.

They hit out after the Chancellor announced plans to cap handouts at a maximum of ?26,000 to force the workshy into jobs.

~~~~less layabouts reckon the cuts would mean ?we won?t be able to live in our nice homes anymore?.

They say they will be forced to ditch luxuries like cinema trips and big-screen tellies and shop in cheaper supermarkets.

Mr Osborne vowed this week: ?No family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work.?

Super spongers like ?42,000-a-year Kevin and Sharron Bishop, from Yeovil, Somerset, face losing up to ?16,000 in handouts.

The couple, described as ?work-shy scroungers? by neighbours, have not had jobs for 20 years and live off income support, tax credits, housing benefit and council tax benefit in two knocked-through council homes.

But Gwyneth King, who advises foreigners and the hard up on how to claim benefits, shamelessly complained about the ?irrational? plans.

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She said limiting benefits to ?500 a week is going to make things harder for asylum seekers living on taxpayers? cash.


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She even claimed that mega handouts are ?not excessive? for benefit claimants living in expensive cities across the nation. Ms King, an adviser at London charity Mary Ward legal centre, said: ?A lot of my clients came as asylum
seekers with refugee status.

?It?s very hard to get that. You?ve got to prove that you have been tortured. And now they face this.?

She said the cap will make it impossible for anyone with two or more children to remain in the city.

She added: ?The local housing allowance for a two-bedroom flat in Camden is ?500.


?It?s been set at ?500 because that?s what it costs to rent a two-bedroom flat.

?If anything, it?s hard to find somewhere for that little.

?This doesn?t allow any leeway for other benefits to which such a family might be entitled.?

One of Ms King?s clients, who did not want to be named, said he ?couldn?t imagine? how he would survive the cuts.

The dad of three injured his legs in an accident at work four years ago and has not worked since.

He said his wife is his full-time carer but officials ruled he is not entitled to disability benefits.

He has claimed extra income support instead, taking the family?s benefits to just over ?600 a week.

He moaned: ?We get ?300 a week for housing and have been unable to find cheaper housing elsewhere.

?Even if we could, we would have to move our children out of their schools.

?My wife buys food from the basic ranges, we don?t go to restaurants or the cinema, we don?t put the heating on and
we still have no money left at the end of the week.

?I can?t imagine how we could cut more than ?100 a week off what we spend.?
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[hyperball]

gmb, i take it ur upset you will have to get a job now.

For the past 4 years i have worked 2 jobs, 6 days a week 8am-5pm so im all in favour of the bishops getting reduced support.
(if your reporting hasn't over looked anything i.e like mr bishop who was once a british soldier who lost both arms and legs serving his country, and for the past 20 years has required gov support and mrs bishop had a stroke 20 years ago, and is now not able to work or look after their 3 children)

Now im not saying that the above is true, i just like to see both sides of an arguement

[gmb45]

gmb, i take it ur upset you will have to get a job now.

For the past 4 years i have worked 2 jobs, 6 days a week 8am-5pm so im all in favour of the bishops getting reduced support.
(if your reporting hasn't over looked anything i.e like mr bishop who was once a british soldier who lost both arms and legs serving his country, and for the past 20 years has required gov support and mrs bishop had a stroke 20 years ago, and is now not able to work or look after their 3 children)

Now im not saying that the above is true, i just like to see both sides of an arguement

so what you saying ? im a idle coont ? i have to look after the missus 24/7 who has mental health issues, i get carers allowance which is next to ~~~~ all, i get reletively ~~~~ all time to my self apart from being on here, 2 ~~~~ing posts and your more or less calling me a idle coont, how dare you my last job was working from 6am to 7pm ish and every saturday 6am till 1.30pm, and i had to give that up to look after the missus or she would have ended up in hospital. the bloke whos lost his arm and legs and the woman who had a stroke desreve all the help they can get, its the scroungers who pish me off, i also help out when i can at a centre for people with mental health problems, i think you owe me an appology m8. i also do all the cleaning, washing, decorating, gardening, shopping etc etc etc hows that for graft.

[Meat-Head]

GMB Thought you was a railway worker watching Justy22 in his trains - thats why you post 4am - no traffic - stand corrected

[lfc4life]

FOR TOO LONG THESE SPONGERS HAVE GOT ANYWAY WITH TAKING ALL OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY WHILE THEY SIT ON THEY CHAV FAT ASSES WITH THEY 10 KIDS!

Hope this really does happen and they benefits slashed

[bigmark1966]

perhaps iff they stop givin 38million to china 100million to pakistan and millions to europe oh and india russia and africa we could all b better off goverment trying to hit benefit cos dont want people to know the truth hows that for a theory....?

[gmb45]

perhaps iff they stop givin 38million to china 100million to pakistan and millions to europe oh and india russia and africa we could all b better off goverment trying to hit benefit cos dont want people to know the truth hows that for a theory....?

and at the last count it was ?40,000,000 a day being paid into europe

[opsmonkey]

we should reduce the outgoing to other nations dramatically..

we should also slash the welfare state apart..

too many spongers get too much, leaving less for those that atcually need it..

imagine the savings and freeing up of money to those that need it if the cheats got nothing..

there is an underclass in our society and that needs destroying before it destroys society

[Meat-Head]

we should reduce the outgoing to other nations dramatically..


too many spongers get too much, leaving less for those that atcually need it..
y

DK has closed the Garage software section, to stop the leechers, if DK has done it the govment should close their section as well

HTH

[Lainie]

believe me i could tell you a 1000 stories. someone who doesnt work gets ?52 a week in tax credits for 1 child. someone that works prob gets about a tenner. now thats just wrong. child tax credit was one of the worst things to come in as it just rewards people to have more and more kids and no work. working tax credit should be expanded and not just to those with kids. housing benefit should be limited to no more than ?200 a week at the most. if they want a nice house let them ~~~~in buy one and pay a mortgage like the rest of us. girl sitting next to me said the other day. the vast majority of parents CHOOSE to have kids. she said i chose to have a few dogs but i dont get dog tax credit. much as thats funny she has a point.
new income support rules come in later this month so that will hit a few in the pocket. its amazing the amount of single mums who when they no longer qualify for income support as their kids are too old who all of a sudden have mental health issues or drink and drug problems.

[tshirtman]

gmb45, your actually saving the country money by staying at home caring for your wife,
I work in mental hospitals, and the average cost of looking after a patient in hospital is 3k a week (156k a year),
so more power to your elbow mate, I know looking after someone with mental health issues is not easy.

[Meat-Head]

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[chroma]

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F#!k the disabled too, you dont need legs to work as a data inputter for Equifax, You dont even need arms to wear a headset and take phone calls for tech support.
Theres a very narrow set of the populace that are truly incapable of working, everyone else is just having a laugh.

[cgscott]

Erm i think thats a bit wrong saying ~~~~ the disabled. Its not there fault and are put in a difficult situation.

I think you mean the people who pretend to have a bad back.

[Meat-Head]

Erm i think thats a bit wrong saying ~~~~ the disabled. Its not there fault and are put in a difficult situation.

I think you mean the people who pretend to have a bad back.

Not going to mention names or places.

In short there was a guy from 50 miles away from Meat-City - to**sser
real nasty bastard.

One day like normal he was riding his motor bike at 1000 MPH in a built up area, and *THINK* he came off a corner Any way in short
he was took to hospital, his leg was beynond repair - must admit if the doctor knew him he would have said that anyway.

So they used a Dremel and converted him to a single leg conversion.

He is now 'disabled' free car tax etc etc, BUT if he walked up to you you would have no idea he had a conversion