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Nearly 1.5 million migrants on benefits Government figures reveal almost one in six Universal Credit claimants is not a British citizen

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  • Cursed_Fig@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    20 days ago

    Taxpayers who get up early and work hard all day should not be funding benefits for immigrants.

    Wow, immigrants don’t pay taxes in the UK? That’s weird.

        • ikt@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          18·
          20 days ago

          That’s like saying pensioners pay taxes, sure, but they are currently drowning the French government while taking out more money than they contribute

          Why should hard working regular British people subsidise something they don’t want and don’t need?

          • Naich@piefed.worldEnglish
            4·
            20 days ago

            Because that’s the nature of insurance. You pay into it when you can and draw from it when you need to. It’s also an indication of a civilised society when it looks after the less fortunate.

            • ikt@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
              21·
              20 days ago

              It’s also an indication of a civilised society when it looks after the less fortunate.

              Yes when it has the capacity to do so, if the less fortunate outnumber the more fortunate eventually the society crumbles and you end up with a whole country full of less fortunates

              Analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) suggests the increase in welfare spending this year alone is equivalent to 15 advanced Royal Navy frigates, 220 fighter jets, or 250,000 soldiers’ salaries, more than three times the size of the regular British Army.

              New figures show the cost of benefits and pensions will climb to around £333 billion this year, an increase larger than the annual budgets of several government departments combined.

              https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/18bn-welfare-surge

              Golly, is the UK ok?

      • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
        43·
        20 days ago

        As a taxpayer, British people who won’t (I have no problem with people who legit cannot work) work piss me off more. Fucking parasites, I deal with them at work.