Only 17% of benefits (need citation) are paid to people that are out of work. The rest are paid to people in work. Your hard earned money is actually subsidising big businesses, enabling them to pay such low wages that the tax payer has to top it up whilst they reap the profit and then manage to pay little or no tax.
"Benefits" as they are now are a shite system, and means-testing is a horrible band-aid. Scrap the lot, pay everyone a flat amount instead, save on logistics.
@NurseHolliday
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Only 17% of benefits (need citation) are paid to people that are out of work. The rest are paid to people in work. Your hard earned money is actually subsidising big businesses, enabling them to pay such low wages that the tax payer has to top it up whilst they reap the profit and then manage to pay little or no tax.