Originally Posted by
RichardDix
If a person on the dole demands more money rather than graciously accepting what is intended as a generous gesture, it rankles. I think he sought to be supportive. Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished.
The dole is not a generous gesture in the UK and is in the main paid for by workers via their national insurance contributions.
It's not an equivalent anaolgy.
And at the moment I see some of my self employed friends who are now having to apply for Universal Credit being aghast at how little it actually is.