mummamarnis Sat 14-Jul-18 01:30:29

Worry about your own life YABU. The grass is not greener for the majority on benefits. The devil makes work for idle hands more time to commit crime and come out unemployable make children you cant afford to feed and struggle with evicitons

uncertainty of housing hostels overcrowding. Many on benefits go crazy after being on them and cannot cope they didnt start off wanting to be unemployed long term and the shame and stigma of it. They system is a mindfield where you have no guarantee your going to be paid. JSA claimants come from all walks of life. We will soon see more professionals and skilled workers in the dole line due to Brexit slow wage rises and inflation and economic migrates will leave leaving a gap of cheap labour but not necessarily more jobs more like one person will do three people's job for the same money. Be thankful it is not you.You do not know why they are not working. People make assumptions they do no caring how the hell do you know? Are you joint at the hip? You know a lot about their life are you planning to shop them? If not you just want people to argree with your stetotypical view of life on JSA or are you jealous, why don't you try it? If you lost your job or god forbid became too sick how would you cope? If you had no one to help you and no pot to piss in getting into arrears? Dealing with inept benefit agency's that get it all wrong and leave people high and dry. Private middle class landlords upping rent or eviction as you cannot afford it and would seem they are happy to get housing benefit money through their tenant to fatten their pockets. You seem to envy the lifestyle when many people getting JSA and carers are stuggling due to UC delays PIP assessments resorting to food banks. As a lot of benefits are below a monthy wage and you may have had periods of zero income living in a hostel so are already in debt before you start. People get caught up in this cycle then the longer they have been out of work the harder it is to get work as most jobs would like employment history and references . People on JSA do have bills to pay like the rest of the world it is not all one big hand out they often get stuck in a cycle of debt with HMRC tax credit DWP housing benefit having PIP CA JSA or income stopped or cut unfairly due to system error or the claimant did not get a letter for a appointment so was sanctioned. Deductions from budget loans council Tax gas electric and people can go weeks without money. They may have all these shiney things but to keep them they are in debt payday loans higher purchase like Brighhouse are keeping them there.

They could have a criminal record, mental health homeless and drug problems very little qualifications or even overskilled the job center do not offer as much support as they could especially if you have SEN or disability and are long term unemployed. The work programme is just a way for companies to use and abuse job centre claimants work them to death for a xmas holiday pay them nothing but if they don't go this will lead to sanction and no money but it is rare to get full time employment from the company as why would they? When they have their pick of the next JSA batch. ESA is a scam that wastes GP's time as you have to prove your ill but may not get PIP as your not well but not sick enough for PIP and assessments are unethical and cruel to people who are unstable conducted by a dubious health professional you have to tell as intimate details too as if they are your GP and grade you with a point system as if it was a concentration camp.

If as much time was spent reporting dodgy claims than was used to moan about materialistic shit about what they have like the 'oh look they don't work and have a new BMW and I work but drive a old skoda and cannot afford a holiday' it's just to prove a moral high ground because you are so great because you work have a mortgage and or stability but are so keep up with the Jones your jealous of what they have in comparison to you when you do everyting right and in your eyes they do so much wrong by not working but hell you don't know why because as you said how can they be on JSA that long.. We could save billions and actually help the people that need it not the thief that doesnt deserve. Too quick to sorn too slow to punish. If your not going to report it then look after your self your health and finances because it is none of your business what she does and what she claims and why should it matter to you? If your more interested in protecting your taxes and public funds they do have a fraud line you can call but I know it is more fun to gossip and bitch than do fuck all and say oh it is not fair.