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Originally Posted by Swoop
Going back to work cost you most of your “free” money? Seriously, free money?!? Someone had to earn that money & have it taken from them in the form of taxes and redistribute it to you. It’s not “free”...
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If as grumpy says, he was a high earner as an IT Specialist before his job loss, he was supporting other unemployed with his tax contributions whilst in that job.
That is how the system of the richer supporting the poorer is supposed to work.
His only mistake was the word 'free.'
We have the same problem with many calling the UK health system a 'free medical service.'
We pay a lot in tax, and deductions for our 'free' treatment!