Welfare, in itself, is not a bad thing. Welfare is supposed to help honest, hardworking people at difficult points in their lives - for example, just after they have lost their job. No society can function with the level of arrogance and entitlement of benefit cheats in the UK. They have multiple children and ignore them, using the money to buy alcohol. They go down to the job centre once in six months so that they don't lose their benefits and turn down every job offered to them. The amount we spend on welfare is ludicrous.
But that's not even the worst part. It's easy enough to cut spending. But when you've had thirteen years of Labour screaming at these people that benefits are their god-given right, and that spending cuts are the root of all evil, and that there is a vast conspiracy of the wealthy and the Conservative Party to keep them down, that's when problems start.
To blame the Conservatives for this is extremely naive. To blame welfare itself is ludicrous. The fault here lies with Labour and Labour alone.
(Former) Lead Moderator and (Eternal) VGC Detective 
