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Benefit Street Where 90% Of The People Claim...
If they are stupid enough to take part in a CH4 documentary about benefits they deserve to be belittled!
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Having taken part in a documentary similar to this one, back in 1985 (TV Eye - Tees Street Isn't Working) in which the street I lived in at the time was deemed statisticall y to be the worst street in the whole of Europe for unemployment , I can confirm there is indeed a lot of "spinning" and exaggeration on the programme makers part. In the TV Eye documentary, it was...
10:41 Tue 07th Jan 2014
not seen the show but let me have a guess. fatties with a cig and a can of booze with a modern BIG flat screen tv, druggies who have a hit and a can and a cig, none looking for work
clever camera work showing a can of booze or bottle every few minutes or seconds depending on how long the show was on for. the homes that the camera went into had all mod cons.
clever camera work showing a can of booze or bottle every few minutes or seconds depending on how long the show was on for. the homes that the camera went into had all mod cons.
if he is fit enough to shoot himself then he would never pass the atos test
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Tax dodgers are not paying what society says they ought, so are a non contributer rather than a burden. I had this on accidently for about 5 minhutes before being bored and not really watching, channel flipped elsewhere. So I have no idea if those in the show were genuinely in need and not able to help themselves or deciding not to bother as the State (i.e. the rest of us) owed them a living. I ought to be interested, but ... what a yawn.
'Burden on society' is one of those phrases that is just designed to signal 'bad' boo hiss!
Pensioners are a burden on society
Yes you can argue they 'deserve' or have 'earned' it (although who's to say?) but that doesn't stop them from being a burden
This is just an exercise in point-and-jeer
I do have some sympathy with the OP though - why on earth would you take part in such a documentry? Surely it was obvious that the point of the film was simply to stoke the fires of the self righteous
Pensioners are a burden on society
Yes you can argue they 'deserve' or have 'earned' it (although who's to say?) but that doesn't stop them from being a burden
This is just an exercise in point-and-jeer
I do have some sympathy with the OP though - why on earth would you take part in such a documentry? Surely it was obvious that the point of the film was simply to stoke the fires of the self righteous
Jake, I beg to differ. Pensioners, are not a burden on society. Most have paid regular premiums on an ‘insurance policy’ all their working lives, which matures at retirement age.
Let me ask you the question I asked DrFilth. Do you think it's right that people who are fit to work are able to live permanently at the expense of the taxpayer?
Let me ask you the question I asked DrFilth. Do you think it's right that people who are fit to work are able to live permanently at the expense of the taxpayer?
and how do people propose distinguishing between the deserving poor and the vile and undeserving poor?
Hiring more civil servants to check up on them, I suppose, and thus increasing government expenditure. (Or you could always farm it out to G4S.)
I wonder what happens if the savings they unncover fall behind the cost of employing them?
I suppose the only answer is Atos for all; just declare everyone fit and leave it at that.
Hiring more civil servants to check up on them, I suppose, and thus increasing government expenditure. (Or you could always farm it out to G4S.)
I wonder what happens if the savings they unncover fall behind the cost of employing them?
I suppose the only answer is Atos for all; just declare everyone fit and leave it at that.
I think a lot of things aren't right Naomi
This is a matter of agenda
Programs like this are singling out a group of peole with little awareness and media sophistication and inviting others to jeer and throw rotten fruit.
Here's a simple fact you won't want high up the agenda
*** Most benefit claimants have perfectly respectable legal jobs ***
They're not like this - you're typical benefit claimant is more likely to be a single working parent who just can't make enough money to survive
You and I through our tax payments are subsidising their employers who won't pay them a living wage
Do you think that's right?
That we should be contributing to the profits of big companies in such a way so they can employ people on the cheap?
but that's not a story we want to talk about is it?
It's all about agendas
This is a matter of agenda
Programs like this are singling out a group of peole with little awareness and media sophistication and inviting others to jeer and throw rotten fruit.
Here's a simple fact you won't want high up the agenda
*** Most benefit claimants have perfectly respectable legal jobs ***
They're not like this - you're typical benefit claimant is more likely to be a single working parent who just can't make enough money to survive
You and I through our tax payments are subsidising their employers who won't pay them a living wage
Do you think that's right?
That we should be contributing to the profits of big companies in such a way so they can employ people on the cheap?
but that's not a story we want to talk about is it?
It's all about agendas
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