Obese To Have Benefits Cut....

[ZedBloke]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20897681
No problem there but how is it that they can get fat living on benefits? surely we are paying them too much in the first place. How can they afford to smoke drink and live on takeaways? Benefits must be huge.

[emmie]

because unfortunately they can. I don't however think it's a workable plan.

[EcclesCake]

Can you run that by me again TWR, with punctuation and paragraphs because I haven't a clue what you are getting at!

[TWR]

EM can understand it. have you a problem?

[emmie]

that its the politicians who are a lying rabid bunch of parasites, good enough?

[chaptazbru]

I can understand it too !

[TWR]

Are you recovering from the New Years Drink Eccles?

[EcclesCake]

All I've managed to fathom is that you have lumped together a disparate group of people from different walks of life to compare them to Members of Parliament.

You have made numerous sweeping generalisations in both of your data sets.

I may be in the minority but I am unable to fathom your argument as presented.

[TWR]

You have made numerous sweeping generalisations in both of your data sets.

Explain that to the people that these clowns have put on the dole, whilst they claim their fiddles.

[EcclesCake]

Or should we explain to those on the dole that it was us, the voting public, that put these 'clowns' into power?

I am still baffled by your lumping together people on benefits, pensioners (not all are hard up), RNLI personnel (largely volunteers) through to service personnel who get a salary and a trade/education.

Not all MPs fiddled their expenses, the majority claimed within the rules that were set at the time, a number of the rules have subsequently been amended (as they have across the Public Sector), those who did abuse the system have paid the price.

We have regular opportunity to change our MP and to change how the country is run. In the same vein their is nothing to stop anyone of us running for Parliament of we feel strongly enough about making a difference.

[albaqwerty]

Some on the dole do actually vote though.

[TWR]

If the public fiddled as much as the politicians Eccles, we would not be at home watching TV, we would be doing porridge. simple

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Can we please get back to kicking the fatties!!

[EcclesCake]

Alba, I wasn't suggesting that those on the dole don't vote. I was trying to get across that the voting population is accountable for who we have in Government.

TWR, we have a difference of opinion and one that is highly unlikely to ever converge.

[albaqwerty]

I know Eccles xx

From what I've heard on the radio today though, it's all England will be attacking these people or those people. Thought we were all in this together?

[TWR]

No prob Eccles, we are entitled to our views.

[douglas9401]

First they came for the fatties.......

[wolf63]

I pay tax but have no children - maybe I should get a rebate or something.

Seriously - being fat does not make a person bad. Being on benefit does not make someone a sponger. We are all part of the problem and also part of the solution.

[albaqwerty]

^^^ well said Wolf xx