Guest 1441- Registered: 22 Dec 2014
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
Unfortunately there seems a rather tenuous link between working hard and having a decent standard of living nowadays as evidenced by people with jobs having to use food banks.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#3
strange that lance.i brought a turkey crown for £17,two half legs of lamb for £12.a day later I went up farthingloe farm and got 3 joints of beef and 3 joints of pork for £30 and 3 chickens for £10 in farmfoods.in the last 6 weeks.all I need to get is some fruit and veg.for 4 days.
ps.all meat is in my frezzer and it will last 4 months.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
Will you be getting something in for the rest of the family Brian?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#5
done and dusted howard,
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#6
I had an Eastern European live near me a while back that had T*scos deliver to them, no-one worked in that household either.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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#7
Benefits aren't all that good in reality .
They may get rent counsel tax and prescription free ,but the amount an individual gets to survive on isn't brilliant.
They probably have other income
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#8
lance I have no car as I can not drive,have to use public transport [bus],a day or weekly bus pass helps.morrisons and farmfoods are in the same area,farthinglow farm shop is at the top end of Folkestone road.[a 25 kilo bag of potatoes £5.95p per bag reds or whites.]and it helps if you forward plan stating on the second or third week of October.
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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#9
Lance you are assuming they are being given the money, without knowing their individual circumstances it is wrong to make such a sweeping assumption, if you suspect criminality report them. Although they may have just had a lottery win, or have income from other sources.
I agree it's frustrating to see and we do give too much too easily to far too many. But that counts for British nationals as well, plenty have a leisurely life on the dole and never lift a finger!
Arte et Marte
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#10
Even if they are getting a lot on benefits from what Lance has said they must have spent more than their benefit money so for me the question is where is the extra money coming from.
According to Lance they are unemployed so this money might have been acquired illegally, theft and sub-letting immediately spring to mind so I will leave you to speculate on that.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#11
Sub letting is quite big business locally, families A, B and C each have a dwelling paid for out of tax payers money.
Families B and C then move in with family A then rental income for all 3. You can tell whose house they have moved into by the amount of rubbish generated.
