[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by rhino

And if their benefits were taken away from them, what next, what would it solve, how would it make the situation better. Not all of them are on benefits anyway and the ones who are have enough for the essentials in life. But no, they want all the nice little extras as well, you know the things people have to work and save for. They're opportunist scum who saw a way of getting it and were brave enough because they had a mob along side them. They need to be involved in the clean up, working alongside the people who's lives theyv'e destroyed. They need to understand how hard people work to create something and make a living. They need to be made to understand what the hell they've done. Taking away what little they have will just create more crime and it's inhumane, whatever they have done. Make them work HARD, like the rest of us do, to help put their wrongs right. As for the murders, give them the maximum penalties. This is not about rich v poor, lets not make it about employedv unemployed. It's theft, plain and simple on a grand scale. They joined in beacause they could and thought they would get away with it and a lot of them will

Totally agree with you, a very reasoned, fair, understanding and practical post that really the Govt would do very well to take notice of.
Just a pity they likely won't see it. Far better than the talking shop we witnessed in the recall of Parliament yesterday.

I really couldn't add to all you've said rhino, a very commendable and informed post on this subject.