Oh i quite agree.
The thing is dolph, the good majority i see are fit and healthy in appearance.. so clearly they cant all be unfit to work. Of course there are a number of legal reasons why they cant be allowed to work but it just sickens me to see so many getting a free ticket.
We should allow in those in genuine need ( persecution, fear of death in their own country ) as we are a modern caring democracy. Also those who wish to work and more importantly can PROVE they would be a benefit to us... as they do in Australia.
The time for wasters, lazy bums and scrounging country hoppers must come to an end. We all know it, yet nothing ever seems to change.
As for our own indiginous scroungers... why not make those capable of work do some community work to justify the handout. It would keep the work ethic going and would improve the appearance of run down areas. I would be quite happy to do a few days work like this if i were signing on.
Im sure such an idea would cause uproar and infringe so many human rights that we would have to pay compensation...
It really would help to keep those out of work in a routine, even if it were 2 or 3 days a week. I know from first hand experiance how soul destroying it can be, to be jobless and left on the heap.
I fell into a rut and my week consisted of nothing but job applications and moping round the house. I lived of savings and started the downward spirial of feeling down and eating to make myself feel better.
I managed to grab myself by the nuts and pick myself up again, and went self employed but i can see just how easy it is to get into a rut.
If i had been on benefits and doing work 2 or 3 days a week i honestly think it would have helped me to stay active and more work minded. Instead of slowly becoming a living potatoe.