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Old 05-11-18, 03:15 PM   #11
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I was once in Newcastle in the company of a few and a young lad got a quick call on the mobile from is mum. His brother said " In a hurry, is she working like ?.", he "Aye at graft" , me "what does she do" he "shoplifta". All said in a normal way, I think I was the only one even remotely surprised.
mother supporting her family by doing a hard days graft so she can take them out to mikyd's for a meal then get blind drunk or buy a baggie. makes you all warm hearted they think a cooker is a spoon and candle.
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Never hear very much about the thieving scum who cheat on their taxes?
Easier to churn out the attacks on the vulnerable.
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Old 06-11-18, 07:38 AM   #13
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Never hear very much about the thieving scum who cheat on their taxes?
Easier to churn out the attacks on the vulnerable.
Exactly. It's about keeping the minions at each other's throats so that we don't look too closely at the real villains. It appears to be working doesn't it?

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...n-9520562.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-tax-avoidance

http://www.theweek.co.uk/62461/benef...ich-costs-more
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Old 06-11-18, 11:18 AM   #14
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Never hear very much about the thieving scum who cheat on their taxes?
Easier to churn out the attacks on the vulnerable.
There are more crooks wearing suits than living on schemes, but their crimes are labelled as 'white collar crimes' - look at Phillip Green (who robbed BHS pension fund ( among other robberies / raids he carried out ) to buy another new super yacht ).
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Old 06-11-18, 12:02 PM   #15
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i have always said that the unemployed dont cost us that much and its true. being unemployed and being a schemie are two different things. you can live on a housing estate/scheme and be unemployed but not a schemie. with or without tabloid spin doctoring.
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i have always said that the unemployed dont cost us that much and its true. being unemployed and being a schemie are two different things. you can live on a housing estate/scheme and be unemployed but not a schemie. with or without tabloid spin doctoring.
Benefits are approaching something like 50% of total government expenditure. Obviously this isn't just unemployed but it's a whopping amount of money.
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Benefits are approaching something like 50% of total government expenditure. Obviously this isn't just unemployed but it's a whopping amount of money.

Nowhere near 50%
By far the biggest chunk is pensions, are pensions really "benefits"...?


https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/gover...ent/2016-03-16
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