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Originally Posted by thesheriff443
there is a program starting Tuesday of next week, called benefit street, this will give everyone a chance to see what a large majority of people on benefit are like, im not saying that all those that are on benefits are like that, but some are.
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Pff. The "large majority" of people on benefit are in work, elderly, genuinely disabled, or recent school leavers / graduates.
By "people on benefits" you're probably thinking of the long-term unemployed. And not even the majority of the long-term unemployed are as bad as is made out by these shows.
An admittedly
very visible minority are a problem... but there's a very obvious agenda by certain people in influential positions to paint everyone on benefits with the same brush. People are more willing (often deliriously happy) to accept sweeping benefits cuts when they can imagine the people involved as sub-human troglodytes... they find it harder when they realise that many of them are normal lower-middle class families.