I really think people who feel this way have got it wrong. I was close to a single mum with two young girls for several years. She was on a benefit while she tried to raise her kids and complete a degree. She really struggled. I helped out where I could and she also had good family support but she certainly didn't have a good lifestyle. Now she is doing well, remarried and with her own business and she even owns three houses. But at that time it was really hard to put decent food on the table and give her children a decent childhood. Kids only have one childhood. It really sucks when you can't offer them a proper Christmas or real holidays. It is not just about beneficiaries living it up on the taxpayer. It really isn't. I think a lot of people just don't realise how tough it can be for people in that position. Fortunately I was able to help out at the time and my friend is now doing well and her children are grown and she has not been on a benefit for a long time, but she really needed the help at that point in her life. The benefit should not be a long-term lifestyle for people who do not need it, but it should not be a punishment for those who genuinely do. If your circumstances put you in that unfortunate position, then you ought to be able to have a decent life and give your kids proper holidays like other kids and afford proper nutritious food and all the other things that most people take for granted. If you have no other choice but to live on a benefit, then surely you have a right to a comfortable and dignified lifestyle. Why punish someone further simply because they are poor?