Job seekers allowance and other equivalents? -

Why should people who are out of work get so much money free that they can afford the biggest television in the world and spend all the time they want sitting there watching it. I think they should be forced to work in various public sector jobs, like roadsweepers etc to earn the money they get. and if they are unwilling to do this then it shows that they are unwilling to get a job. in this case the government should issue quot;milk tokensquot; for basic everyday necessities and that s it, take away their benefit income and show them how crap life can be without a job. and then they will go and get one. does anyone agree? give reasons for and against|::::|hey now hold on a minute ive just lost my job trough redundancy let me tell you its not all a bed of roses as you think i get ￡120 per fortnight i would also love to get a job but there is none around at the moment where i live i have been offered a job but that does not start till march so next time you want to slag off people who are out of work think again this year i couldn t even buy my two kids anything for xmas but that s ok isn t it because we are all just layabouts i would do anything to get myself out of this hell hole but ignorant people like you really annoy me if you think its that easy why don t you try it get a life and dont paint everyone with the same brush|::::|NOT everyone on benefits is a scrounger. I am a lone parent not through choice, i was married once. Trust me i have to live on ￡59 a week on income support and that is to help with everything, i get no child maitenence and i definately aint living the high life. Its the people that continue to have child after child, whilst living on benefits are the irresponsable ones and whom manage to make money out of the benefits system.|::::|How do you know that they paid for that television by cash? it could be buy as you view, it could be on ticky they might pay so much a week. But on the other hand they might be playing the government by claiming seperately alot of people do that nowadays because they greedy f**kas! There are two different types of people on jobseekers allowance etc, the people who choose to be on it because they cant be botherd to work and the others that have no choice because they cant get any work! At the minute i dont care about people on jobseekers allowance and stuff, ive been on it, ive paid my tax for it, everyone will need the governments money one day, even if they working or not!|::::|basically i think that england should not have got rid of its engineering and manufacturing basis. i believe that some people want to work and others don t, and you cannot tar everyone with the same brush, some people like to do engineering , some people like to do woodwork, some people would like to do boring stuff, its something to do with your makeup. If you really think that, its strange. and sad. I must also say if you are brought up in that sort of culture, where you get something for nothing, it must be really hard to get out of, lol.|::::|I agree that the Government should find a job for everyone that wants one .. Unfortunately, they have no interest in doing so .. maybe because people earning money (and thus paying Taxes) tend to vote Tory :-)|::::|I think you are living in dreamland, could you live off ￡60 per week as a single person in this day and age, pay electric, gas, water and food bills out of it. What you have to remember is that most people that claim benefits have worked and paid their contributions, some people have been made redundant and lost their jobs for various different reasons. It is a myth that people on benefits are living the life of riley. Just be lucky if you have a job, you could be in the unemployment queue anytime soon the way things are going with the economy. Nobody wants to struggle every week to pay bills etc, unless they enjoy punishing themselves. People on benefits need help not criticism. Hope this answers your question.