During the war family stuck together including large extended families, they didn't get handouts so they got off their arses and did something about it. The relied on hand me downs for kid's clothes and were grateful if their child got any type of education and they respected the teacher that was giving the education to their child.
Cut to today
Income support
Housing benefit
Family tax credit
Child benefit
Crisis Loan
Caring allowance
Disability (for depression and bad backs)
Council; tax credit
Excuses made for every naughty behaviour of their child under the sun
When the little bleeders get in trouble the first word many parents say is not responsibility but claim. We may as well hand over the whole country to Oxfam. However credit to Cameron who has limited housing benefit in London to 400 quid a week because he thinks spongers shouldn't be living in homes that working people can only dream of affording. Well at least it'll keep the riff raff out of the nice areas.
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