My stupid sister...

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My nephew and his wife are professional scroungers. Neither of them managed to hold down a job and as soon as they got together started having children (five so far!) so they could live off the state. They have lived off benefits (welfare) for fourteen years and have no other plan in life. They simply want the state to keep them so they keep having kids. She is epileptic so she can't look after the kids herself so he has to stay home. As soon as the youngest one they have goes to school she is pregnant again... They have a house provided for them, every penny they have comes from the tax-payer via the government. They don't want for anything and know how secure they are as long as they have kids. Now, my husband's job is looking dodgy. We have discussed various options should we not be able to find work and keep up with the bills here. One was to sell this house (not an expensive house), clear the debts and buy a smaller place in a cheaper area. That way, if the worst comes to the worst and we have to live off the dole for a time we will at least hang on to some of what we worked for for the past twenty years. We're both willing to take pretty much any work we can get, even minimum wage but we could only survive on that with no mortgage or other debts. We don't want to be beholden to anyone. Bear in mind, if you will, that I have never claimed a penny in benefits and hubby hasn't claimed since he was in his late teens and looking for a job. In the past twenty five years we have received a grand total of NOTHING from the tax-payer. We explained this LAST RESORT plan to my father, because we might have to move to a different part of the country and wouldn't be able to see him so often. My sister was there at the time, the mother of the Professional Scrounger, and she said what we were planning was WORSE than her nephew. When I asked why she said because "he's got kids to feed and clothe". I pointed out he only had the kids so he'd be fed and clothed by the taxpayer and she said, "But the kids need to be cared for" I said I didn't have a problem with the kids being cared for but the fact he had them so he wouldn't have to work, doesn't work and will probably NEVER work was the problem. I said I didn't see how downshifting so we could survive on dole for a time if we had to because we couldn't even find min-wage jobs was in vaguely the same league. The stuck record engaged "But they are entitled to benefits because of the children..." I had to go outside because I could seriously see me picking up something blunt and heavy and hitting her repeatedly with it - not to knock any sense into her, I know a lost cause when I see one, just to stop her repeating the same idiotic excuses. Why is it people are allowed to play the system like my nephew? I know various people who have had to go on benefits, some were in a real mess, but they weren't out to screw the taxpayer, they just needed a bit of help. Thank you for reading my rant!