Corporate “welfare scroungers” are the ones that dodge tax and leave honest taxpayers to top up the pitiful wages they pay with benefits

SOURCE TELEGRAPH: George Osborne denies work for the dole scheme is 'heartless'George Osborne has denied his new work for the dole scheme is "heartless", instead claiming the initiative is a "compassionate approach" to people whom the previous government ignored. Tens of thousands of long-term jobless welfare claimants will have to work for 30 hours a week doing community work such cooking meals for the elderly and picking up litter or lose their unemployment benefits.

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