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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://writing.exchange/users/ianbetteridge/statuses/111442250763369582">Ian Betteridge (ianbetteridge@writing.exchange)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 21:52:17 JST</a><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ianbetteridge" title="ianbetteridge@writing.exchange"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/120904-48-20230518085652.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Ian Betteridge" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Ian Betteridge</a></section><article><p>Remember everyone, when a job is so low paid the government has to top it up via benefits, it's a direct subsidy from taxpayers to shareholders, and from the poor to the rich.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2354851#notice-4648217">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-20T21:52:17+09:00" title="Monday, 20-Nov-2023 21:52:17 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ianbetteridge/111442250763369582" rel="external" title="Sent from writing.exchange via ActivityPub">writing.exchange</a></span></span><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ianbetteridge/111442250763369582">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1857964">Quote from Danny Dyer which says "People bang on about benefit culture, all that.
There are piss-takers, no one doubts that but I know plenty of people on benefits who work hard, it's just they don't get paid enough to cover the basics.
Now you can say "Get off your arse &amp; get a better job." All right, say everyone does that. Whose gonna actually do the shitty jobs then? If you're working 40 hours a week and can't cover the bills, that aint your fault. It's the fault of the slags paying you. So if you have to claim benefits then claim 'em &amp; don't feel bad about it. It's not you that is actually getting the benefit anyway, it's your employer. They pay you shit all &amp; expect the State to pick up the tab."</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/111/442/247/681/343/048/original/e66166f1d9f22248.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/111/442/247/681/343/048/original/e66166f1d9f22248.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Remember everyone, when a job is so low paid the government has to top it up via benefits, it's a direct subsidy from taxpayers to shareholders, and from the poor to the rich.
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1. Quote from Danny Dyer which says "People bang on about benefit culture, all that. There are piss-takers, no one doubts that but I know plenty of people on benefits who work hard, it's just they don't get paid enough to cover the basics. Now you can say "Get off your arse & get a better job." All right, say everyone does that. Whose gonna actually do the shitty jobs then? If you're working 40 hours a week and can't cover the bills, that aint your fault. It's the fault of the slags paying you. So if you have to claim benefits then claim 'em & don't feel bad about it. It's not you that is actually getting the benefit anyway, it's your employer. They pay you shit all & expect the State to pick up the tab."
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