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Originally Posted by joeysteele
I don't think there is poverty in the sense of other Countries where they have little or no running water
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I agree with that
(Relative poverty is different to absolute poverty, relative is where you have basically nothing compared to the average person in the country)
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However,there are people who don't help themselves and there are others who will take all they can never worrying at all about those who may need what they are getting.
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Looks at Scott. 
I do agree with this, and I think it's ridiculious when we get people are age claiming benefits when they don't really need them - they have a house, and relatively well off parents who can pay to keep them - it's just a waste of money when it could go to someone who is in genuine need. However, that said I do think we need to discourage welfare dependecy from a young age, which often leads to relative poverty. Alot of young girls 16+ for example think getting pregnant will help them - yes you get a house, but from then on you are pretty screwed. That's kind of why I support the idea of hostels.
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not just necessarily to see if they can now or could work sometime in the future but to see what their needs are too.
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I agree with this too
I think they current system allows to many people to fall on the wrong side of the line.
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Of course there are people who will just sit back and wait for any handout whether it's needed or not and it is wrong for that to be allowed to continue
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Looks at Scott again