[MissKittyFantastico]

I've been on benefits myself and I didn't like it, nothing to do with any stigma but because I worked from the age of 16 and always supported myself, but had no choice at the time so it was necessary.

If it meant it was the only way I could keep a roof over mine and my family's head though then I wouldn't have a problem with doing it, but I'd obviously try and get myself back to where I could support myself again and not rely on money from the state.

Just the way I was brought up I guess, to work hard and give back to society, people who scrounge off the dole out of sheer laziness really make me angry, there was an article in the paper today about a young girl who refuses to work, has a young child and boasts about how much money she gets without needing to work, has no intention of ever getting a job, now that **** makes me mad!