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I'm dying to grass up the benefit cheats living next to me but..

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ssd · 20/09/2008 20:47

..dh won't let me as they have 3 kids and he feels its unfair on the kids

they are the laziest young couple I've ever met, she told me she can't afford to work as she is getting so much paid for her by claiming to be a single mum, but her partner (kids dad) work on the side so they have that money coming in too

they seem to spend all their money on takeaway deliveries, about 3 a week, but sod all on their kids who come chapping my door every day trying to get in to play with our toys, and probably for a feed as they get their takeaways about half nine at night

we both work here, I'm part time on minimum wage and she actually told me what she "clears" a month and with income support, job seekers and rent paid she's better off than us bith working

I'm heartily sick of seeing them swanning about, she always seems to have new clothes and their car is much better than ours, her mu mtakes the kids at weekends so they can go out and party, she told me they can afford to go out every Sat and they lie in bed all Sunday till the kids are delivered back to them

I'm so bitter, I'm sick of the injustice

should I go ahead and tell social services and let dh go mad or just let them live their dishonest life and shut up? I really don't know what to do

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WagtailRobin · 01/03/2020 02:58

You must spend a significant amount of time twitching your curtains to know your neighbour orders "3 plus" takeaways weekly and how/when they unload their shopping.

I think it's a sad reflection on society as a whole if there are people actively seeking to make other people's lives difficult and all this fluff about "taxpayers money"; I am more concerned about the immensely wealthy with offshore accounts not paying tax and a Tory government penalising the most vulnerable in society in a variety of ways.

I'm not on benefits but I wouldn't be bothered if my neighbour was, nor would I be taking note of what said neighbour chose to spend it on because I have my own life, I have my own problems and I am very mindful that a stroke of bad luck might fall upon me one day and I would hope there wouldn't be people intentionally trying to cause me strife.

Even if every person who was committing "benefit fraud" was caught out, it would not improve the NHS, the social housing shortage, the education system, etc etc.... All of the flaws, the state of the system etc would still very much exist and anyone who believes otherwise is massively naive.

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