Benefit plan is half-baked

“Just on about the tax issue, 5 companies and over 600 million lost in tax last year

http://tinyurl.com/7ramfmn

and thats only the tip of the iceberg”

“Since the Jimmy Carr episode - isn't it amazing how quickly that story died?
Huge sighs of relief could be heard all over the land as all those who use accountants to calculate their annual income relaxed again.
If tax avoidance was outlawed (and it's quite easy really - just not on, you know), all manner of things would be possible.
A fair and balanced benefits system (admittedly not the existing one) could be put into place, the National Health service could be prevented from dying the death it is now experiencing, and there would still be some left for the bankers!”

“The 'debate' David Cameron wants to launch about reforming the welfare system has more to do with shoring up his own position with the Tory grassroots than helping people off benefits and back into work.

He touched all the bases, talking about 'scroungers' and 'hard working families' and quoted examples of perverse incentives in the current system that were shocking enough to get his target audience going, but too vague to be checked.

The benefits system does need to be reformed, but simply snatching away benefits is no way to go about doing so; if anything it will make existing problems worse.

What is needed is decent training for unemployed people, particularly the over 50' and the under 25's, investment in social housing and, most important of all a plan for economic growth. There is also a need to reform the welfare system in a way that encourages claimants and the various agencies to work in partnership.

Delivering these things would be a real tough challenge requiring equally tough decision to be taken as opposed to the empty rhetoric pumped out by a PM who isn't up to the job.”

“If the Goverment would let people retire when they should then there would be jobs for the under 25 age group and over, my son was forced to sign on, but they told him dont expect help with training or college untill you have signed on for more then 2 years, he was gob smacked, he was 18 at the time, both my husband and I work full time so dont give me the 3rd degree about morals, I know where they stand ty, but the Goverment need to drop the retirement age back down to 60 years of age, let them enjoy life, whats left of it anyway, and make way for the youngsters because not all of them are bad, they need guidence and support, not ****ging off and put down.

you lot were teenagers once, just put yourself in their shoes and look at what they have got......nothing!!!”

“No benefits if you have never paid into the system would be a good start. No housing benefit for young girls that leave school and then start popping kids out. No child benefit after the third child (which incidently is being considered by the government). It is necessary to remove the temptation to make benefits a career choice. Working people are sick and tired of supporting the bone idle.”

“It all goes back to education. Get a good education, get a good job, seems pretty simple.”

“Get the rich people and Consurvative party donators to pay the tax they owe the country, that includes George Osboune and the PMs own famley members.”

“Stop all forms of government payments to non UK citizens, let them work for 5 years before they are entitled, or go home.”

“It's a basic law of economics, if you start to cut benefits on this scale the economy of some cities would literally collapse, because its only benefit money which is keeping them afloat.
Even the Thatcher goverment in the 1980's found that out. I don't see this ever becoming legislation, it's just to make the Tories look different from their current "bedfellows" the Liberals, and to be ready for the next general election, and will no doubt be consigned to the dustbin of history.”

“Stop all forms of government payments to non UK citizens, let them work or go home.”