Why do a lot of the British public hate people on benefits?

is that a left wing view i see pc principal? not in line with the rest of your views.

OP UK based heavily on the class system, it's a great way to control people. It's better anger is sent down rather than up. But welfare in this country is a joke.

People have ill feelings towards those whom they see as abusing the welfare state because they're paying for it. That's pretty obvious and perfectly sensible.

Nope, this is incorrect.

People have ill feelings towards those that they see as abusing the welfare state because they see it as an unnecessary expenditure which has resulted in the Government having to borrow money in order to fund it.

Do you really think that people would be complaining so loudly if our we were running billions in budget surplus, even after underwriting the welfare bill?

These angry taxpayers rarely moan about having to contribute to the Queen's life of luxury.

Not if the person with a job molests children while the person without a job volunteers helping vulnerable people.

See how this works?

Ozzy has already given one way that's not true, but you're going to need to define better if you think employment status is what makes someone a good person or not.

These angry taxpayers rarely moan about having to contribute to the Queen's life of luxury.

Nope, this is incorrect.

People have ill feelings towards those that they see as abusing the welfare state because they see it as an unnecessary expenditure which has resulted in the Government having to borrow money in order to fund it.

Do you really think that people would be complaining so loudly if our we were running billions in budget surplus, even after underwriting the welfare bill?

How many people who cannot be bothered to work and purposely rely on the taxpayer (as I mentioned in my post you quoted) volunteer helping vulnerable people?

See how my arguments work?

The Queen does a lot more than those sitting on their sofa all day.....

Did you honestly not consider this response when you posted such rubbish? Come onnnnn- you must have known?

So loudly? Perhaps not. But almost as loudly.


I think this is more based in resentment about the reallocation of people's money to people who do not deserve it than a lack of money in the first place. If you have polling data or other solid factual information to the contrary I'll happily concede, but that's the impression I get from most people I've seen talk about welfare abuse.



Because they don't. The queen's gilded life of duty as our wonderfully consistent and diplomatically useful head of state is funded out of the crown estate.

That wouldn't be an answer to criticisms of the welfare state anyway. Even if the queen wrongly received taxpayers' money, that wouldn't mean that other people should as well.

Maybe you should look at the sovereign grant

maybe you should...

If you're going to respond to me, include substance.

The sovereign grant is publicly funded and is used to pay for the upkeep of royal family assets and fund **** like jet trips across the world.
The queen doesn't need £40 million from the taxpayer for these things.

The sovereign grant is a fixed, small percentage of the crown estates, which are fundamentally the monarch's property, however much pledged away for the duration her reign (which is done in return for upkeep).

The Queen has to travel a lot. It's part of her job.

She is an incredibly rich woman and doesn't need the taxpayer funding her.

lol says someone using the sun worship logo. ye i know what the all seeing eye really is.

One thing I don't understand is that people in this country always seem to make a big deal out of those claiming welfare. 'My hard working tax money' ' I don't want my preciously earned taxes going to single mothers', but do these people even pay attention to where ELSE their 'hard earned money' goes? You never hear them speak about it, it's just scroungers this, scrounger that...People like David Icke are right here, surely?

I mean why do people get so up in arms about someone on £50 a week on JSA, but they don't care if a rich, overweight, flabby politician spends some of their hard earned money on stuffing his face with sandwiches and kit kats each week? What about all those illegal wars your tax money paid for?

I have been on benefits before and also worked and it didn't bother me at all that I paid tax that went to help out single moms and those in desperation.

In a country that is still ruled by a monarchy, how can a guy claiming 50 quid a week or 300 quid a week housing benefit and eating tesco value noodles for dinner be your enemy?

is it jealousy ?