[user104658]

Originally Posted by the truth

yeah I go along with this, dealing with people with no real life experience is often impossible. I actually supported some of the principles behind getting healthy people back to work and off a lifetime of benefits. but the key to that is bridging the income gap between benefits and work. thats where working tax credits needed to be improved clarified and simplified. IDS totally failed in that and has created this new disaster which solves nothing and creates zillions more problems that will destroy innocent people. my concern is for the sick the weak , the elderly and the disabled. I have no sympathy for the healthy workshy

I have little sympathy for anyone who is truly "workshy" although aid question how "healthy" those people actually are, emotionally, socially, mentally... Because the town I work in (thankfully, no longer LIVE in...) Has a high level of unemployment, and it looks like an absolutely miserable existence. There's no reason fathomable that anyone would choose it unless they've totally given up on life and on themselves as individuals.

I have sympathy for those physically unable to work who are currently being pushed to the brink, but also, for the millions who want nothing more than to work and bring in half decent money but are unable to find employment, or get full time hours. The figures are being fiddled at the moment, showing unemployment dropping in certain areas, but all that means is that people "have a job". Too many of those jobs are just a few hours a week. it's not "true" employment. And while its true that at any given time there are "jobs out there", the truth is, there simply aren't enough working hours for everyone who wants them. If anything, I feel the MOST sympathy for someone who is truly ready, willing and able to work hard but is turned down time and time again because the jobs they go for have hundreds of applicants. and then they're branded "lazy" or "a "scrounger". It's completely unfair.