Not at all. In the era that I grew up in, I am used to people scrounging off benefits and not working - the everything for nothing culture. My taxes are paying for 17 years old to get pregnant and free accommodation etc etc. That is why I do not like socialism in that respect.
My view on socialism is somewhat skewered as I wasn't around during the pre Thatcher era so I couldn't see the benefits and the plus points of it. I would be happy paying taxes to support people who genuinely need my money to help them get through a bad patch. Unfortunately, I see too many people abusing this system and I simply do not trust them.
That is around 0.001% of the benefit recipients though I've seen esitmated.
What about the overwhelming majority of people who are on benefits and have paid in most of their lives and need the benefits to get by? Do these millions of people deserve to be collateral damage in a war against a few spongers?
I'm all for stopping benefit spongers and would support it if it was done in a way that ONLY penalised the Sponger and not those who were legitimately claiming benefits.
What the right wing Tory-led Government is doing is using the demonisation of a few spongers to cut benefits to EVERYBODY on benefits whether they deserve it or not, whether they've paid in or not, whether they need it to exist or not.
I can't support that and neither should any charitable and compassionate human being with even a smidgeon of empathy.
There are so many more sensible things that could be cut, like Trident, MPs expenses, overseas aid (not against it it should just be further down the priorities list ATM) that won't cause people to go hungry, or lose peoples houses etc, but they pick on welfare because they want to, because its ideological.
Just like you and your other right wing ******s who are so misinformed, you are always led by ideology whether its good Politics or not, whether its good for the Country or not, and this is a perfect example. You people just cannot stand, cannot abide the fact that anybody, ANYBODY, whether they have paid in or not, whether they need/deserve it or not, can get taxpayer money (thats the well off people who actually bother to pay any tax in the first place mind) without working for it.
It really is that simple with the Righties. It soon changes though once its THEM or a loved one who falls on bad times and needs Govt and Taxpayers assistance. Its the same ideology as right wingers in the US who feel sick at the idea of the Govt providing free healthcare to its citizens. If they can't afford healthcare then tough, they can die. Stand on your own two feet and all that bullshit. It comes down to what Thatcher put into overdrive in the UK GREED and selfishness. Me, me, me, mine, mine, mine and **** everyone else, they can get on their bike etc.
Makes me ****ing sick to the pit of my stomach some people in this country. I often dream of moving to Scandinavia where there is real Socilaism, real opportunites for all and they achieve this society at the same time of looking after each other and promoting the idea of community. Nothing bad has happened to them. Well, except Anders Breivig and what was his Political side of the aisle again? oh...right.....