"Paul Leake" <paul@pinkstuff.publication.org.uk> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.56.0311071244570.28005@pinkstuff.publication.org.uk...
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Gaz wrote:
>
> > She could get a job. I wish somebody would give me some free money, and
then
> > I could bitch it is not enough.
>
> Surely the implication of someone being on JSA is that they are supposed
> to be trying to get a job.  Having been knocked back repeatedly while
> looking for work recently for being either overqualified or
> under-experienced I have little sympathy for the view that everyone can
> get a job straightaway.

Did I say straightaway? One thing that is not short, is menial employment.
Just some people would rather not do it.

To be honest I dont think it bothers me that people use the system now and
then. But I do get a little bit pissed, when i see youngsters who have not
lifted their finger to do a days work, bitching that their Housing
Benefit/Council Tax relief/JSA etc is not been paid quickly enough, or
*shock horror* that they might have to spend 45 minutes filling a form in to
recieve this free money, it just gets up my goat.

The wife and I, work hard for what we have, and it is sometimes difficult to
make ends meet, but to think that I am paying my tax to give free services
and money to some ungrateful, worthless piece of excrement really pisses me
off.

There, that feels better.

Gaz

PS. The above does not mean I dont have sympathy for people actively seeking
employment. Because, if they are, they will find it, and if they are able to
manage on the meagre returns one gets for paying NI, then they have the
luxery to be fussy in which employment they choose......

>
> Cheers,
> Paul