Image via WikipediaEver since the present government came to power we have heard a lot from them about the workshy. The people who they say make a lifestyle decision to spend there lives on benefits and not working.Government statements especially those by the Chancellor George Osborne are said in a way where people are given the impression, deliberately I think, that if your on benefits you are lazy and avoiding work. There are undoubtedly some who are abusing the system and claiming benefits when they should be working but I think that this number is only a small minority and nothing what the government like to give the impression it is.
Most people don`t work for genuine reasons. They are ill, disabled or they simply cannot find work.
The government are just using those on benefits as an easy option to reduce spending. Hitting benefit claimants is popular because only a minority claim benefits and those in work resent there taxes going to people who are not working and of course those on benefits do not have the influence and power that other groups have.
I think first and foremost the government should be creating jobs for the unemployed and those on benefits which they are not.Since they came to power they have been doing little else than axing jobs.They should also show people on benefits a bit of understanding and compassion and help and encourage them back to work rather than smear them with accusations of being lazy.
Lets face it this government of rich men are never going to have the understanding and compassion governments should have for the needy. They have lived lives where everything as been laid on a plate for them and have never known hardship or what it is to want.They are out of touch and that is why they need replacing by a progressive government that cares.
