With an ever impending recession in the UK will this take the heat of benefit scroungers?

Question

Lots of jobs will be lost and all the people who poked fun at the unemployed will now find themselves in the very position they mocked so uncompasionately and without understanding.

Answer 1

if someone loses their job they are not scroungers...that is of course presuming they go on benefits and dont find another job like most people. scroungers can work they just wont....the scrubs wont feel the pain as they already live on what the state sets as the minimum amount someone needs to live on, their children already have nothing and never will.

Answer 2

No, it will mean that more people will end up having to calim benefits.  The "scroungers" will still be there.

Answer 3

The people who are genuinely made unemployed by a recession will not be scrounging, they will be legitimate.

It's those who don't want to work who are the scroungers.

Answer 4

"the very position they mocked so uncompasionately and without understanding" you say, while calling them scroungers in the main question

No. Increased economic instability has the opposite effect

Answer 5

As said above there is a difference from someone who is a benefit scrounger and someone who has paid tax for years and needs a bit of help. That is what the social security system is for - it;s being destroyed and made a mockery of by scroungers. There are people on here, on tax credits and other benefits talking about having more children, when they already have two or three. That is an absolute joke - planning to have children you can't afford and thinking you can just milk the system for a handout.

I am not uncompassionate about those in genuine need through no fault of their own, I just believe they are in the minority of the benefit scum out there.

And people who lose their jobs won't be taking a lot of the benefit pool - most will only be entitled to JSA at £50 a week. And most of them will no doubt be decent self respecting people with some savings to help them along. NOt only that but they'll have paid their dues in their taxes and deserve to take get some back when they need it. I'll bet with most of them their contribution to the benefits pool will always end up a lot bigger than they take out!

Answer 6

I think you'll find people mock the unemployed who have no interest in finding a job because they can claim just as much in benefits as they can working.

My son has been out of work for 7 weeks and isn't entitled to a penny, because of the amount of N.I contributions he has paid.