tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post3149669037213350191..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: I met a Man.... Guest PoemSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-73047323471543649452011-06-16T19:17:55.911+01:002011-06-16T19:17:55.911+01:00I met a man who knew a guy who said that his frien...I met a man who knew a guy who said that his friend said<br />That that poem is FANTASTIC and these shirkers just lounge in bed<br />They do nothing but moan and say welfare is not enough to live<br />And want a gold card paid for by the tax payer I know I heard it's said<br /><br />WHAT A GREAT POEM THAT IS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-49167483436687622852011-06-16T19:08:27.769+01:002011-06-16T19:08:27.769+01:00Absolutely brilliant. That is all I can say.Absolutely brilliant. That is all I can say.Stewart's online musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924224776578515730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-63377128917532101282011-06-16T17:09:00.933+01:002011-06-16T17:09:00.933+01:00There was a really good letter in the Guardian yes...There was a really good letter in the Guardian yesterday regarding Ed Miliband's sense of proportion,from a Ted Woodgate.<br />He was refering to the Labour leader equating "benefit scrounging(annual cost£1.5bn)with freeloading at the top of society(annual cost £120bn)",the ratio between the two figures<br />being 1:80.<br />This puts things into perspective.I would add that if you take the government's own estimates for tax evasion(£42bn)and for Incapacity Benefit fraud(£30m)the ratio is even more startling:<br />1:1400 !!!definatelycharlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-70232312152037847282011-06-16T16:40:33.728+01:002011-06-16T16:40:33.728+01:00Sums it up beautifully.It could be Richard Littlej...Sums it up beautifully.It could be Richard Littlejohn's anthem.definatelycharlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-25001277943305067232011-06-16T15:21:52.005+01:002011-06-16T15:21:52.005+01:00OMG that is brilliant, this has happened during ca...OMG that is brilliant, this has happened during canvass sessions loads of times...lol.<br /><br />Cool!Ralph Baldwinnoreply@blogger.com