Immigration - Benefits

[Hacker Khan]

That in its own deeply sarcastic way is really quite offensive and quite possibly racist to boot...

Some of my best friends are white........

 

[drawboy]

Some of my best friends are white........

Lets not even begin to go there chaps, reign it in, that one is only going to end in a world of pain for everyone.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Saw this and it made me think about supposed workshy Brits....

http://huff.to/10jzIpt

Steady on Dodger.......they have to be seen to be seeking work to get benefit.

I have interviewed many such people and have enough material to write about a dozen episodes of a comedy show. Well those who turned up that is.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

In my opinion it's nothing to do with immigrants working, it's that the country is overpopulated. We already have enough people in the country to do the work, what we need to do is stop paying benefits to those that refuse to do it, we then wont need to have more people coming here and putting the countries resources under stress. We have the best Universities and schools in the world, we should be able to train our people to do any job.

Something else that concerns me is the lack of integration into British Life by many immigrants, multi culturalism is OK but multi nationalism and a lack of integration is a disaster. The Nation is becoming very divided.

Looks pretty much spot on to me!

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I always crack up when folk from down south say the 'country' is overpopulated.
Try living where I do where the population is 9 people per square mile.
5 million folk in Scotland, 60 million in England.

 

[SocketRocket]

I always crack up when folk from down south say the 'country' is overpopulated.
Try living where I do where the population is 9 people per square mile.
5 million folk in Scotland, 60 million in England.

Try living in London, Birmingham, leicester or Luton, you would soon crack up. What should we do then, send the masses to live on Scottish mountains. You know well what people mean when they say 'country' should they lay out a disclaimer for Dartmoor, the Peak district, Cumbria, the New Forest, East Herefordshire, Mid Wales etc. Why does it always have to come down to Scotland!

 

[Foxholer]

Try living in London, Birmingham, leicester or Luton, you would soon crack up.

Or Japan?

Or North of East Coast of US?

 

[SocketRocket]

Or Japan?

Or North of East Coast of US?

Exactly, overcrowded but Alaska and the central Japanese mountains are pretty empty .

 

[Iaing]

Not really sure how you would define 'unemployable'....

If you mean work shy then I believe that can be dealt with...

I don't really mean work shy or lazy although that is of course a factor.

What I mean is:

The inability to read/write/count
The inability to get through the working day without taking drugs/alcohol
The inability to work without stealing from the employer or their fellow workers
The inability to work unless supervised 100% of the time.

I've experienced all of the above and will now only hire on personal recommendation.

To hell with giving the wasters a chance, the business is too important.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

There is a family I know local to me , a single mother in her early 50's , her 2 staffy dogs, 2 sons in their early-mid 20's living in a 3 bed terrace supplied by the housing association.

The mum is a carer, doing the rounds looking after the elderly in their own homes, she is fine, a good woman doing what she can, it's her sons who worry me

Both unemployed, no qualifications and no desire to get any. They spend their time at home locked away in the days and the nights out with their mates in the pub.

They insist on Mohican hairstyles, big ring things in their ears, piercings and tattoos . I was there the other day fixing a PC and asked the youngest what he wanted to do with his life and he said he wanted a job, but nobody would give him one. I said I wasn't surprised and asked him to put himself in the shoes of an employer, then go look in the mirror. Would he employ someone who looks like you?

Got a load of spout about individuality and freedom and human rights etc for my trouble

Now this guy is perfectly capable of work, he is being paid to stay at home, he gets beer money
Oh yes his 17 year old girlfriend is expecting and they are hoping to get their own council place

I asked him how much cash he had in his pocket, he said £75
So I suggested him and his brother go down to Wickes, buy a ladder and some buckets and start cleaning windows

I'm not going to repeat the reply, but this is the real problem in this country

 

[stevie_r]

There is a family I know local to me , a single mother in her early 50's , her 2 staffy dogs, 2 sons in their early-mid 20's living in a 3 bed terrace supplied by the housing association.

The mum is a carer, doing the rounds looking after the elderly in their own homes, she is fine, a good woman doing what she can, it's her sons who worry me

Both unemployed, no qualifications and no desire to get any. They spend their time at home locked away in the days and the nights out with their mates in the pub.

They insist on Mohican hairstyles, big ring things in their ears, piercings and tattoos . I was there the other day fixing a PC and asked the youngest what he wanted to do with his life and he said he wanted a job, but nobody would give him one. I said I wasn't surprised and asked him to put himself in the shoes of an employer, then go look in the mirror. Would he employ someone who looks like you?

Got a load of spout about individuality and freedom and human rights etc for my trouble

Now this guy is perfectly capable of work, he is being paid to stay at home, he gets beer money
Oh yes his 17 year old girlfriend is expecting and they are hoping to get their own council place

I asked him how much cash he had in his pocket, he said £75
So I suggested him and his brother go down to Wickes, buy a ladder and some buckets and start cleaning windows

I'm not going to repeat the reply, but this is the real problem in this country

I'm confused as to the relevance of the dogs in this story

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Just setting the scene
Why pick out 1 sentence?

 

[stevie_r]

Just setting the scene
Why pick out 1 sentence?

Because I couldn't see any relevance in even mentioning dogs let alone the breed, it just smacked a bit of stereotyping TBH mate

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Well isn't that what I'm talking about
A work shy , unemployable, benefit reliant ,stereotype
That is replicated all over the country

Ok forget the dogs , they don't matter,

 

[JustOne]

Some terribly ignorant, racist and bigoted people/posts in this thread - Happy Easter!

 

[stevie_r]

Ok forget the dogs , they don't matter,

cool

 

[drawboy]

Some terribly ignorant, racist and bigoted people/posts in this thread - Happy Easter!

You have just given your opinion on other peoples opinions. Who is too say who is right? We all like to think it is our opinion that counts though don't we. Happy Easter.

 

[JustOne]

You have just given your opinion on other peoples opinions. Who is too say who is right? We all like to think it is our opinion that counts though don't we. Happy Easter.

Indeed. We are entitled to opinion and those opinions show the person we are, not whether someone is right or not. Happy Christmas

 

[drawboy]

Indeed. We are entitled to opinion and those opinions show the person we are, not whether someone is right or not. Happy Christmas
Then it would seem you and probably everyone who has contributed one way or another to this thread is happy within their own skins. Happy Gilmore

 

[JustOne]

Then it would seem you and probably everyone who has contributed one way or another to this thread is happy within their own skins. Happy Gilmore

Correct. I'm happy with my opinion.

Happy Sausage! :thup: