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Baldric - I too worked all my life. 80 plus hours a week 7 days a week for years. Family lacked nothing.
Had 6 months unemployed in 1982. Very hard. It worse these days. After retiring I found myself on hard times, waiting to qualify for my state pension. Very hard times.
I totally understand what poverty is.
Scroungers exist, of course, but sitting in the job centre listening to stories, I assure you they are a tiny minority, that the media magnify out of all proportion.