Quote Originally Posted by Lasterman View Post
I don't think you can conclude much from a TV show, which will inevitably be set up to push one point of view. I've seen plenty of other programmes that suggest all benefits claimants are the salt of the earth, and that's not true either.

This kind of thing used to bother me as well, but then I asked myself whether these 'scroungers' had a great life as a result of their ducking and diving. I don't think they do.
Jk Rowling was on benefits at one point she said so herself, she also said she tried to kill herself out of depression.

And according to my dad who works in housing benefits he said people he sees own nothing but hand outs and those who smoke or drink generally only tend to eat once every two days due to bad habits they picked up when they were working.

One poor guy used to own a pub but the more money he made the more the brewery’s put the prices up, eventually he had a pump leak and brewery charged him a fortune for the wasted booze that was leaked from a faulty pump and he went bankrupt with no place to live.