rip off uk!

[bluequattro]

my now ex gave her £27K job up cos she was "stressed" as her rep(she was in charge of) wasn t bringing enough business in.
We ve split up since, she's moved out-
council paid her deposit on new house
pay kids dinner money, pay for washer
pay her to sit at home n use internet on facebook
EVEN pay her back council tax that i paid when we were together!
What do I get?
To pay our £850 mortgage, all the red bills she ran up, decorate the house that I ve got to sell cos she cant/wont pay till its sold off.
I work long enough hours in a stressful job (ok 13 weeks hols is great, but have them when told to) have inspections that tell u u are crap even when you re not
(apart from me, I was told outstanding)
And my "customers" free meals, car paid, house paidm sit at home/in pub yet can go 3 weeks to Florida for their hols-
life's unfair if you want to earn!

[asw75r]

I dont let this bother me anymore, i can sleep at night and dont have to watch what i say to to who incase i get rumbled

I returned to collage (night class) and have to pay full fee`s because i have a job (class of 20 and four of us pay and turn up every week and we are now down to about 6 people on the course, more time with the teacher though eh )

I want the curb lowering outside my house, £850 please because i have a job ? a few doors down its free because he doesnt work and bought his house from the council for a fraction of what i paid

I pass people outside the local club, drinking and smoking every night on my way to work and they look at me like i`m stupid for working

Everybody has a opinion and does what they need too to get by, I should imagine other countrys have the same problem

It does make you think on where it will end . . . . .

[asw75r]

I was standing in a que the other day in town getting something to eat, infront of me were two very heavy (fat) young mums bursting out of there clothes, being loud and swearing alot infront of some old ladys while they coppered up to get some pies/pasties, it was like being in the audience of some daytime chat show or something as they were leaving the shop one of them noticed on the other side of the road was a truck that was parked half across a keep clear marking on the floor and started to cause a scene and noted down the reg to report the driver for parking were he did? (i had to listen to it all as they were blocking the pavement all the way up the road and i was walking behind) now these young ladys were getting on a bus to go home? it does make you wonder ? what will this place be like in the next 10 to 15 years


i thought i`d share that because its the first time i`ve been to town in years and still find it funny now also noticed how many shops were closed and empty too . . .

[20Vcqdriver]

if it bothers you so much, do something about it. if not, don't moan about it.

Well a lot have, by emigrating.... a record year last year by all accounts. System is far from fair and those in genuine need miss out as the real scroungers know how to work the system to enable them to live better than most of us paying taxes..

[andy10v]

if it bothers you so much, do something about it. if not, don't moan about it. i let them get on with it. every dog has his day!

Any suggestions?

[andy10v]

Well a lot have, by emigrating

That is what I am thinking, just not sure where to.

[PeteUr]

Any suggestions?

https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/benefitfraud/

One way if you know of them.

Tbh for the workers your voice is never heard, there is always someone out there ready to scam someone else out of what little hard earned they have.

[PeteUr]

That is what I am thinking, just not sure where to.

lol, same here, been enquiring about moving my two cars and going to the states.

[Jonnybravo]

About 6 months ago I was part of the unemployed group and signing on was painful, ok its free money but it only just covered my bills, the worst bit about the whole thing is people that I met there week after week claiming and bragging to their mates what their upto and what their buying, they had no interest in getting work ever if they could avoid it.

So now I pay my taxes, don't get my loan paid for me BUT my god I actually feel better with things being that way.

[andy10v]

Pete-a lot of the money they receive they are legally entitled to in the state of everyone is equal, everybody has the right to what they have not earned.

RE moving, although the tax/benefits sucks at the moment the UK is a relatively stable place to live, not many natural disasters, not many lethal wild animals, politically stable etc.

I kinda fancy the states, ie I pay health insurance (tax for me) to fix me if I am ill, not some junkie who is in A&E every weekend and is part of the reason I have to wait 4 hours the occasional time I actually need to go.

[asw75r]

I was part of the unemployed group and signing on was painful

So now I pay my taxes, don't get my loan paid for me BUT my god I actually feel better with things being that way.

i was unemployed/between jobs many years ago and i asked for some retraining to get me into a trade, i had been out of work (i quit) for two weeks and they said i needed to sign on to claim anything, so i was willing to do that if i could get some help to get a job? i was then told i needed to be unemployed for 6 months before i would be put on a list for retraining?(and could take years!) i said that i did not want to be unemployed for 6 months and if i had not managed to find a job in that time i did not want to work!! i was told that is the way the system works ?

i never signed on and had a job a week later . . . . . and paid for my training myself

[20Vcqdriver]

I looked at New Zealand or Australia many years ago, then the children came along.... still looking at uprooting once they have fled the nest.... Drive on the correct side of the road too...

[Evilgoat76]

Lived in Canada for 5 years and highly recommended. Its only due to some misunderstanding of immigratioln policy that I'm back here. Turns out after the fact I didnt need to come back at all :S Planning on going back asap.

[Le S2 Audi]

Read this if you want to see how bad things really are....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8571361.stm

How can 30,000 people owe over £10K.... WTF is going on.....

[suzane12]

Few people are there who are loyal for their works.Everyone should be honest for there works.Everyone should pay taxes.Everyone should follow government rules.