Letter Welfare myths
Under the current system, law-abiding individuals are being forced to do manual labour for less than the legal minimum wage. Hardly radical. Welfare claimants are among the most demonised people in Britain today, usually scapegoated by the right-wing press and establishment parties as lazy scroungers who languish on benefits. This is deliberate ignorance of the volunteer work many claimants engage in.
Yes there are fraudsters and those who take advantage of the system and that should be tackled, but gross generalisations, discrimination, prejudice and collective punishment of claimants must end because it helps no one. It is a contradiction to suggest people can be helped by being vilified and punished.
NATHAN HAZLETT
The Oaks West
Sunderland