Senedd Election 2026

[goats]

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Well I've never smoked weed and I'm actively working and have been for the last 40 years so it shows you're not very perceptive. But I wonder if you're not just a bitter man who obviously has a good standard of living but wants those among us who are less fortunate to have a much more miserable life by paying for your greedy luxuries?

The acid test is when someone asks if you would give up your job to go on benefits. I certainly won't because I enjoy my job. I've asked the question many times and Ive never met anyone who’s taken the offer up. Now isn't that strange?

You seem a bit paranoid too, I wasn’t talking about you with regard to weed you clown, but real people I know……

[Dorcus]

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God knows what you’re rambling on about now, paying for my luxuries? Far from it….ill think you ll fund its us paying for their luxuries isn’t it? I think you’ll also find your preaching to the wrong people if you’re asking people who’ve been working all their lives, of course they won’t, how clueless can you be? I’m glad you know these people, not sure if I believe you mind, that means you frequent plenty of reform or anti labour people and I find that very hard to believe, just like you’ve worked for 40 years……

Well you've confirmed my suspicions about you. You clearly make assumptions with very little evidence so that rules you out of any serious discussion.

You're bitching about people on benefits because you object to your taxes allowing them a decent and dignified existence. If you can enjoy a decent and dignified existence yourself then you are having a hissy fit because you'd prefer to pay less tax so as to top up on luxuries. That's pretty evident.

Of course I know people on benefits, I also know people like you who spend all their time bitching about other people because they want more and more and more and wallow in their prejudices. I meet all sorts at the pub and the most obvious thing is that these are people who live in bubbles.

You failed the acid test incidentally, as I guessed you would. Better luck next time.

[Dorcus]

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You seem a bit paranoid too, I wasn’t talking about you with regard to weed you clown, but real people I know……

I don't think I'm paranoid. You've just accused me of not working without knowing me. Just because I believe everyone deserves a decent and dignified life and I detest greed doesn't mean I want a life on benefits. I feel sorry for those people who are unfortunate enough not to have an interesting and fulfilling job.

[goats]

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Well you've confirmed my suspicions about you. You clearly make assumptions with very little evidence so that rules you out of any serious discussion.

You're bitching about people on benefits because you object to your taxes allowing them a decent and dignified existence. If you can enjoy a decent and dignified existence yourself then you are having a hissy fit because you'd prefer to pay less tax so as to top up on luxuries. That's pretty evident.

Of course I know people on benefits, I also know people like you who spend all their time bitching about other people because they want more and more and more and wallow in their prejudices. I meet all sorts at the pub and the most obvious thing is that these are people who live in bubbles.

You failed the acid test incidentally, as I guessed you would. Better luck next time.

Bla bla bla…..you sound rattled? Bless…..you were the one who started on assumptions…..

But I wonder if you're not just a bitter man who obviously has a good standard of living but wants those among us who are less fortunate to have a much more miserable life by paying for your greedy luxuries?

Deal with it

[goats]

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I don't think I'm paranoid. You've just accused me of not working without knowing me. Just because I believe everyone deserves a decent and dignified life and I detest greed doesn't mean I want a life on benefits. I feel sorry for those people who are unfortunate enough not to have an interesting and fulfilling job.

Really, most don’t care? In fact they like to laugh at us whilst we are on our lunch break whilst an uber pulls up delivering their macdonalds breakfast, some are quiet smug about the lie ins they have everyday.. let’s not tar all with same brush though like you left wing loons do

[Dorcus]

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Really, most don’t care? In fact they like to laugh at us whilst we are on our lunch break whilst an uber pulls up delivering their macdonalds breakfast, some are quiet smug about the lie ins they have everyday.. let’s not tar all with same brush though like you left wing loons do

That's rich coming from right wing rabble.

[Dorcus]

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Bla bla bla…..you sound rattled? Bless…..you were the one who started on assumptions…..

But I wonder if you're not just a bitter man who obviously has a good standard of living but wants those among us who are less fortunate to have a much more miserable life by paying for your greedy luxuries?

Deal with it

No I'm not rattled; I've just proven my point.

[goats]

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No I'm not rattled; I've just proven my point.

Sorry, I’m still not having it, you’ve just made assumptions and stuff up

[Dorcus]

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Sorry, I’m still not having it, you’ve just made assumptions and stuff up

It wasn't me who made assumptions, you did that. You're as easy to read as a book so I just read. After all you do make your feelings clear for all to see.

[goats]

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It wasn't me who made assumptions, you did that. You're as easy to read as a book so I just read. After all you do make your feelings clear for all to see.

You have the last word sludge….

[Dorcus]

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You have the last word sludge….

Oh dear you're mixing people up again 🥺

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Not if they need it, but more than happy to voice opinions that offend people like you and others I know quite well who haven’t worked for no good reason in 20 years coz they smoked too much weed 25 years ago and now have ptsd from it and can’t deal with people or the basics…..then there are even more who just choose to stay on benefits, and why not under this shower, it pays better than getting up and out by 8am hey…as sludge well knows.

How many people do you know with cannabis induced PTSD

PTSD is a serious illness usually caused by exposure to life threatening experiences ......war , car crashes , sexual assault

Smoking lots of weed doesnt give you PTSD

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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You seem a bit paranoid too, I wasn’t talking about you with regard to weed you clown, but real people I know……

You have been smoking too much sticky

Or its the booze

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Well you've confirmed my suspicions about you. You clearly make assumptions with very little evidence so that rules you out of any serious discussion.

You're bitching about people on benefits because you object to your taxes allowing them a decent and dignified existence. If you can enjoy a decent and dignified existence yourself then you are having a hissy fit because you'd prefer to pay less tax so as to top up on luxuries. That's pretty evident.

Of course I know people on benefits, I also know people like you who spend all their time bitching about other people because they want more and more and more and wallow in their prejudices. I meet all sorts at the pub and the most obvious thing is that these are people who live in bubbles.

You failed the acid test incidentally, as I guessed you would. Better luck next time.

I agree

Hes on acid

Nothing else ca explain this muddled maze of a mind

[JamesWales]

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As usual this thread descends into a black and white scenario with shades of grey preciously sparse.

I come from a "benefits family". Both sets of my grandparents died in council accommodation (although they didn't always live in it) my dad's on disability, my mum's on housing and my ex partner (and thus my kids in effect) benefit from Universal credit.

So I understand the absolute importance of benefits, and the dignity it gives people. I also know that some people do take the piss but I know it's wholly not appropriate to blame people collectively or accuse them of being lazy etc, even if it does apply to some individuals, it doesn't apply to the collective.

But, I can also recognise that an ever growing welfare bill is not a good thing. It may be a result of a benign and caring government but it's also a result of societal or healthcare failure that wholly needs addressing.

The questions to ask here are why has the welfare bill surged since COVID. What has changed in how we live our lives that so many more are ill, feel ill, feel depressed, feel lonely, anxious, unhappy, despairing etc.

The answer isnt to blame people on benefits not to bury ones head in the sand, it's to get to the route of the issue and acknowledging there is an issue is part of that because things feel very unsustainable at the moment