Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?

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PostAre the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Balloon Sod » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:29 pm

I'm just checking how many of you are utter scumbags. Cheers.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Eighthours » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:32 pm

Balloon Sod wrote:I'm just checking how many of you are utter scumbags. Cheers.


:lol:

Is this in reference to another David Cameron speech or something?

Answer: a small minority of them, yes.

All of them? Clearly not.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Memento Mori » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:33 pm

Eighthours wrote:
Balloon Sod wrote:I'm just checking how many of you are utter scumbags. Cheers.


:lol:

Is this in reference to another David Cameron speech or something?

Answer: a small minority of them, yes.

All of them? Clearly not.

Most of them on The Jeremy Kyle Show are though obviously.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Abs » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:34 pm

Eighthours wrote:Answer: a small minority of them, yes.

All of them? Clearly not.


That's what I think.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by JiggerJay » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:35 pm

i would raise hand, but then that would exert energy...

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by KK » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:36 pm

You could be busting your arse in McDonalds but because the pay is so gooseberry fool (& perhaps because of lack of skills elsewhere) you're always going to be poor.

In fact, they'd be better off having 8 kids & packing up work altogether. At least that way they'll get a 5 bedroom house. So actually, it pays to be lazy. And a slag.

So I think the title should be: Are the poor in this country poor because they work?

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Cuttooth » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:37 pm

It's not like the rich are universally hard working.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Ironhide » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:46 pm

Obviously there are people who through no fault of their own are struggling to make ends meet and not everyone has the skill or intelligence to do a well-paid job but there's definitely an element of laziness too, often it's easier for people to just sit on their fat arse claiming benefits.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Phatman » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:50 pm

No, they're poor because they are trapped in a life circle that is always going to make it difficult for them to break away. Generally poor people are born to poor parents, who were born to poor parents and so forth. It isn't true to say that in every poor household education isn't always the priority (my household before my Mum met my Step Dad would be an example), but in a fair amount of poor households that is the sad truth. Poor children don't generally do as well at school as a result and leave the education system without many qualifications, meaning that in most cases they will stay relatively poor. Apprenticeships are a solution for a lot of these children, who generally aren't any less intelligent or any less able than a richer child who has good qualifications. There are only so many apprenticeships around though.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Henke » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:58 pm

My parents aren't too well off these days, but lazy is the very last thing I'd call either of them. :|

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Oblomov Boblomov » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:13 pm

Henke wrote:My parents aren't too well off these days, but lazy is the very last thing I'd call either of them. :|


That's right; your mum works damn hard allllllll night long.

LOL!

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Henke » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:14 pm

Yes, LOL.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Balloon Sod » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:24 pm

All of you are okay so far. You are all sod's friends.

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PostRe: Are the poor in this country poor because they're lazy?
by Henke » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 pm

Balloon Sod has a fantastic name.

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