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Dinahmo O course it is other people's money. It is yours and mine and every tax payer. It is not the government's own money is it. If it was their own personal money they would be far more responsible on how they spend it!!
It is almost impossible not to pay some form of tax in the UK, so it's money which belongs to every single person. Most people claiming Universal Credit have had paid work at some point in their lives, so they've paid for their benefits too. The idea that one group (the taxpayers) pays and another group (benefit recipients) receives, is nonsense. It really isn't that clear cut.
The issue is whether people are happy that one group of people should have to survive on £75 per week.
I really don't agree, our tax is not a private pot for us to take from, even my state pension is paid by working age peoples NICs, the nearly 51 years of NICs I paid in went towards other peoples pensions - not mine, as a tax paying pensioner my tax also goes towards peoples Universal credits I have no issue with that at all even though I didn't claim when I was working age, in fact I claimed no working age benefits at all, and consider myself lucky I didn't need to, BUT if I had I certainly wouldn't have expected to get benefits because I paid tax and NICs and was 'owed'
The £75 (actually £74.70 ) you quote is only a part of UC the unemployment part, it will not include the child element it will not include rent as housing benefit is also paid as part of UC, or council tax relief which is set by the council, or free prescriptions/dental/sight care which is an agreement between the NHS and the DWP. People in the support group of ESA get more than the £74.70 as well.
I actually agree that the £20 should be kept, I also agree that the whole benefit system needs to be looked at, but not because people have paid into the system and think they should be getting something back