What do you think about people having their money being cut

Jobs of any kind are very hard to get here. Most have had to move away to get one. Many homes are vacant and businesses close every week. I don't know what people will do without benefits. Our state is very poor and still not as poor as others. I am sure there are some who abuse the system, there always are, but most of our people are very needy.

The abuse of the system is highly inflated. There are those who do, I know, but there are far more who do not. My daughter was three when they changed the welfare laws and I was no longer able to stay home with her. They have driven a sword between mothers and their children and this is only the next step in their cutting the throats of the poor while they sit in their air conditioned offices and sip their cappuccinos. It's easy to cut the budget for the poor, they don't have the resources to buy the people who make the decisions that effect their lives.

I think this is very sad because there are many people who are in genuine need of their benefits and should be supported, but those who can't be bothered to work, should really find a job and if they are really milking the system then I am in agreement with getting them sorted out. I have only claimed benefits once in my life (sickness) when I came out of hospital for a few months. I have always been self-employed and sometimes it has been a struggle, but I prefer to struggle than claim benefits. I just feel that I would lose respect for myself to be looked after by the state. _Derek

I think that there are some people that genuinely need benefits to help them in times of hardship but there are other people that just want to rip off the system and then live working cash in hand or just ripping off the system in general. I think that this is a fantastic idea and should encourage some of the more lazy people to find a job and the training will help people that really are in need to get some confidence and help in getting back out there in the working world. I lost my job last year and I got myself a part-time job which then became full time as the business began to pick up again so I was very pleased with how it worked out for me. I did claim unemployment for almost 6 months before I managed to find a job and I found that the jobcentre really did not help me in looking for work so I began to walk around all the shops and businesses asking if they had any vacancies and then I found a job by myself and I am still there a year on.

i think people who choose not to work should be made to,or people that claim disability benefit when they don't have to should have their benefit stopped,unless you are really unable to work then everyone should be made to contribute towards this country,our previous goverment left the uk in such a terrible mess that something drastic needs to be done,otherwise the uk will go bankrupt,,i'm unable to work due to medical reasons and have been told it is unlikely i'll ever return to work,but i can't can't claim any benefits,i'm too ill to work but not ill enough to get and goverment help,due to this i'll probably end up having to pay my own NI contributions,which i can't really afford but if it helps this country out of the mess we're in then i'll do it,,i think i've gone completely off topic here but i got carried away with typing,sorry

There are an awful lot of people who abuse the system and get benefits they don't need or deserve. Then there are a lot of people who truly do need help and aren't able to get it. Disability is very hard for some people to get, and some people seem to get it when there is nothing wrong with them. Same with unemployment benefits. I think it would be a great idea to force the lazy people that they need to get a job is great! Aside from having money for people who really need it, having a job makes you feel better about yourself, so it would be a win-win.

I think there are alot of ple taking advantage of the system, but not working, and refusing to find work.. WHen there's a chance of having money, without having to work for it, why not?? WHy put ourself in the shoe of making ourself miserable, having to put up with bosses or customers?? haha =D That's what most ple will think when they are on claiming of benefits.. Maybe it's time that government start to do something about it, in order to change the mindset, so that those really in need wont be affected..

Hi Jugs, The bit where you say that a lot of people are better off on benefits than working I totally agree with, I am a working single mum and a friend who doesn't work with her son rang me and said you are going to get really annoyed, her son has just been given £400 to get a laptop as he also gets free school meals, he has also been given £400 in sports activity vouchers too, (my son had no laptop and I can't afforda lot of the sporting activities that he wants to do) my son whose meals I pay for is going on a school trip on Tuesday, those who get school meals free have their packed lunch made up and provided by the school whereas I the day before pay day with no funds have to go out and buy disposable drinks like caprisun and provide his lunch, it makes me so mad at times especailly when they drive a new car, have better furniture, flat screen tv etc. It is not the people who claims fault but I agree the ones that are fit should be encouraged back. Oh and one last thing, I was off sick last week so will receive no money at all for the first three days and then SSP for the rest if I didn't work and was ill I would receive the same pay so I am going to be struggling even more next month as my wage packet will be light grrr. huggles. Ellie :D

dear jj, lucky are the people in countries who has this type of benefit coming from the government. we dont. we get pensions but that you have to work for it first. i say, if the beneficiaries are disabled, how are they gonna work? your government should separate the abled and disabled. have a nice day. ann

I completely agree with you here and think that this is something that needs to be done. Our family doesn't have a lot money, but we are able to get by. There has only been one time in my life that I have asked for benefits from the state and that is when I was pregnant with my daughter and just after she was born. I wasn't married at the time and though I had a job, it wasn't enough to cover the medical care that I needed so I had medicaid during that time and after she was born I applied for food stamps. However, as soon as I got a decent paying job after Kathryn was born, I immediately called the center for Women and Children and had them drop my benefits.

The only way that I would remotely agree with this would be if they KNEW for sure that there were jobs available for those receiving benefits. It took me over a year to find work and at the moment all it is, is a temporary part-time job. I am still looking for another part-time job and I pray to get hired on with a permanment position. Maybe if anything require so many hours of charity work for families receiving benefit and not employed.

It's a difficult balance, as yes, there are some lazy men out there who are fit and able to work, but just don't want to. However, there are also people who really try hard to get a job and can't, so there needs to be benefits available. My son quit college when he was 17 and as he wasn't 18, he couldn't claim any benefits. He spent 6-8 months looking for a job and couldn't get anything, because his GCSEs weren't great. He considered going in the Army, but decided it wasn't for him. He was interested in the police, but had to be 18. In the end, he went back to his old school and asked if he could join their 6th form to do A-levels and retake his GCSE Maths. He has just completed his first year in 6th form and has taken his exams. He's 18 now and in class with kids a year younger than him. He intends staying on for the next year and wants to go to University. He has become very interested in politics and would like to become an MP. I am very proud of him for realising one thing wasn't working so changing things round. Sorry if I've strayed off the point there, but he did look for jobs and no-one was interested. So some people are genuinely looking and can't find work for whatever reason.

I agree with you about this, there are really some lazy person who don't want to work and only live on benefits, they can be considered as bloodsuckers of the society. It's unfair to feed them using taxes from us. So for those who are able to work but still live on benefits only because of laziness, we should cut their benefits to force them to work. But we should distinguish the persons who really need the benefits from bloodsuckers.

part time jobs are very useful to more persons,because their main work finished then work the part time job

jugs jugsmy son just got a job last Wednesday and how he got it proves more people should network as old friends sometimes can steer you to a job even in this horrid economy. He had been without a job for over a year and almost a half. He met an old friend he had worked with 12 years ago and this friend immediatey gave my son a job when he learned Robbie had been out of work for so long. My son did not get any benefits as the evil boss who laid him off wroted a nasty report to the unemployment insurance people and at that time was refused unemployment insurance then a year ago my son worked taking census and got a goodly sum of unemployment insurance but that was the only help he had, that an my help which was very small.here in California for every parttime or even fultime job there were a thousand p eople wanting that one job so no nobody was cheating here at all. he spent hours each day researching resumes and going forinterviews but the companies that would have hired a com puter programmer were not hiring but laying off people.a lot of stores here have closed, too many unemployed will not be spending money in some shops so they had to give up.

I think it is sad that they lose their benefits but I think the program here in this area works well. If people really try it isn't that hard to find work. You have to treat it like a job. I had a great training when I was looking. You have to work with the system sometimes.

I think the training programs are a good idea and should be required for anyone who's collecting benefits and doesn't have a high school diploma or any special skills. How can you find a job if you don't know how to do anything so train them to be able to do something before they get too used to living off the state. I do think it's pretty hard to find a job right now.

Well,probably he just want the right job.You know,maybe the salary is not satisfactory,or maybe he just want that job,so he didn't want to try sth else. Getting training is a good idea,but that doesn't guarantee you'll get the job...Complicated...