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[STEMO]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

[/s] have kids and then expect other people to pay for their food.

Ftfy. 

You're not going to stop it though, Albs, it's the way things have been since the introduction of the welfare state. Might as well accept it and stop pissing into the wind. If, say, 25% of folk are abusing the system, at least the genuine 75% are being helped. HS2, welfare, pensions, etc, there will always be folk who believe some, or all, of these things are a waste of public money, but there's nothing one can do, except maybe rant about it. 

[STEMO]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

Human nature can be  good and bad.

Some people will use the food box, or any food vouchers, for their intended purpose.

.......others will not.

Frankly people like this need a good flogging...... in public.  I'm sure that would make them see the error of their ways! 

Brilliant idea.   

[B52]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

Human nature can be  good and bad.

Some people will use the food box, or any food vouchers, for their intended purpose.

.......others will not.

^ This. Although not ideal, I'd sooner see the individual bear full responsibility to use/misuse a benefit, over private companies grifting profit to deliver less.

[STEMO]

And, just to make one more point on food parcels/vouchers in particular, and welfare in general, it's definitely not the kids fault and they shouldn't have to go hungry.

[Doctor Gollum]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

[/s] have kids and then expect other people to pay for their food.

Ftfy. 

You're not going to stop it though, Albs, it's the way things have been since the introduction of the welfare state. Might as well accept it and stop pissing into the wind. If, say, 25% of folk are abusing the system, at least the genuine 75% are being helped. HS2, welfare, pensions, etc, there will always be folk who believe some, or all, of these things are a waste of public money, but there's nothing one can do, except maybe rant about it. 

Or stop funding it.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

[/s] have kids and then expect other people to pay for their food.

Ftfy. 

You're not going to stop it though, Albs, it's the way things have been since the introduction of the welfare state. Might as well accept it and stop pissing into the wind. If, say, 25% of folk are abusing the system, at least the genuine 75% are being helped. HS2, welfare, pensions, etc, there will always be folk who believe some, or all, of these things are a waste of public money, but there's nothing one can do, except maybe rant about it. 

I can remember reading an article about the founders of the welfare stare stating explicitly that levels of welfare should not be such that they deter people from being gainfully employed in order to keep themselves.
This was ditched as soon as someone realised you could buy peoples votes with other peoples money, hence we have ended up here.
It not about what percentage of people abuse the system. Its about the whole basis of the system being wrong.
If you have kids, you (both parents) should bear the responsibility of the cost of raising them.
In cases of real genuine inability to do that (few and far between ime) the State should provide the minimum level of housing / food / warmth to keep people alive and healthy.
We ended up in a position about 10 years ago, where there was a huge outcry about taking food out of childrens mouths, when the Govt. reduced the level of welfare per household to a level that was still way above the national average income.
Its absolute madness, which has bankrupted the nation, but no-one in power has the balls or conviction to seriously do anything about it.
Im glad I wont be alive when the bills eventualy have to be paid.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

And, just to make one more point on food parcels/vouchers in particular, and welfare in general, it's definitely not the kids fault and they shouldn't have to go hungry.

If parents are allowing their kids to go hungry, charge them with neglect and lock them up, or send them to see TB.

[STEMO]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

[/s] have kids and then expect other people to pay for their food.

Ftfy. 

You're not going to stop it though, Albs, it's the way things have been since the introduction of the welfare state. Might as well accept it and stop pissing into the wind. If, say, 25% of folk are abusing the system, at least the genuine 75% are being helped. HS2, welfare, pensions, etc, there will always be folk who believe some, or all, of these things are a waste of public money, but there's nothing one can do, except maybe rant about it. 

Or stop funding it.

Go on then, stop funding these things. How do you plan to go about it? Please explain. 

[STEMO]

And, just to make one more point on food parcels/vouchers in particular, and welfare in general, it's definitely not the kids fault and they shouldn't have to go hungry.

If parents are allowing their kids to go hungry, charge them with neglect and lock them up, or send them to see TB.

Of course, why didn't the government think of that? 

[STEMO]

What a depressing world where people are given the means the feed their kids and they'd rather spend it on fags, booze and drugs. 

[/s] have kids and then expect other people to pay for their food.

Ftfy. 

You're not going to stop it though, Albs, it's the way things have been since the introduction of the welfare state. Might as well accept it and stop pissing into the wind. If, say, 25% of folk are abusing the system, at least the genuine 75% are being helped. HS2, welfare, pensions, etc, there will always be folk who believe some, or all, of these things are a waste of public money, but there's nothing one can do, except maybe rant about it. 

Or stop funding it.

Go on then, stop funding these things. How do you plan to go about it? Please explain. 

When are you moving to America? I hope it's soon. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Dig up Thatchers remains and clone her. 
It started with Family allowance and ended with people demanding school dinners when schools are shut, and then whining they dont like the dinner and demanding nicer dinners.

[STEMO]

Dig up Thatchers remains and clone her. 
It started with Family allowance and ended with people demanding school dinners when schools are shut, and then whining they dont like the dinner and demanding nicer dinners.

Now we're getting to the nub of things. You're admitting that there's no answer 

[Doctor Gollum]

Dig up Thatchers remains and clone her. 
It started with Family allowance and ended with people demanding school dinners when schools are shut, and then whining they dont like the dinner and demanding nicer dinners.

Indeed, offer a hand and they will take an arm.

[STEMO]

Dig up Thatchers remains and clone her. 
It started with Family allowance and ended with people demanding school dinners when schools are shut, and then whining they dont like the dinner and demanding nicer dinners.

People didn't demand school dinners, people interested in doing the government down demanded it for them.

[STEMO]

Dig up Thatchers remains and clone her. 
It started with Family allowance and ended with people demanding school dinners when schools are shut, and then whining they dont like the dinner and demanding nicer dinners.

Indeed, offer a hand and they will take an arm.

I doubt they'd want to eat an arm, a nice rump steak, maybe.