I can't see any end to it though, the attitude of labour and lib dems is inconceivable, and the tories aren't a real tory party. No-one will dare chmake the drastic changes needed for fear of losing votes as the 'benefits' culture is so widespread. People who earn just shy of 30k get chid benefit for flip sake! Surely if you earn that much you don't need it, and it's your responsibility to pay for your offspring not the state.
Not living in UK. maybe I am out of touch, but I gotta say that 30k doesn't sound like a huge salary, especially in the South. Not that I am advocating giving tens of thousands out to one family each year, whilst the potential earner does sweet F.A.
Tell that to the many people on alot less.
£30,000 is way above the national average wage, and alot of people work very hard for very little thanks from anyone, and get alot less than that without complaint from them.
It's a bloody ridiculous state of affairs that an honest decent person can struggle on working full time paying taxes, not being entitled to other stuff such as free prescriptions etc, yet they're worse off than one of the many scroungers who play the system, and get the money without sacrificing the time.
One problem I'm aware of through dealing with many, many of the 'social underclass' who live their lives on benefits, is that they have a sense of entitlement and think society owes them a bloody living. The fact that the authorities bend over backwards to take money off the honest and tell the welfarers what they are 'entitled to' doesn't bloody help either.