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More than 500k under-35 in UK out-of-work due to long-term illness

theguardian.com

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Re: More than 500k under-35 in UK out-of-work due to long-term illness

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It's simply because there IS free stuff. They are doing it because they can. Who can judge them?

But why would the number of people receiving it go up? The benefits aren't getting better, are they?

This generation is just lazy, don't you know? (/s)

Re: More than 500k under-35 in UK out-of-work due to long-term illness

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It's simply because there IS free stuff. They are doing it because they can. Who can judge them?

But why would the number of people receiving it go up? The benefits aren't getting better, are they?

I would argue it's the rise of cynicism that removed any stigma from freeloading off taxpayers' money. So everyone who can do it, does.