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Townhall
Finance
Welfare
Competition Among Nations
Daniel J. Mitchell
The
welfare state creates some amazingly
pathetic and disgusting individuals.
In
the battle of the bums, we’ve had the
spectacle of “Diaper Man” vs “Footless Hans.”
In
the contest for most despicable moocher, we
have the “Florida Pedophiles” vs the “Gimme Babymaker.”
And
the fight for most pathetic victim of
dependency features the “Connecticut Kid” vs the “English Loafer.”
But
I’ve never found a match for Olga, a Greek
woman who thinks it is government’s job to take care of her from cradle
to
grave.
At
least not until now. I’m excited to announce
that Olga has a soulmate named Natalija. She’s from Lithuania, but she
now
lives in England, and she doubtlessly will inspire Olga on how to live
off the
state.
Here’s
some of what The Sun reported about this
very successful moocher.
Natalija
Belova, 33, told The Sun how she
spurns full-time work — yet can afford foreign holidays and buys
designer
clothes. The Lithuanian said: “British benefits give me and my daughter
a good
life.” She has milked soft-touch Britain for £50,000 in benefits and
yesterday
said: “I simply take what is given to me.”
And
what is given to her? Quite a lot.
The
graduate, who became a single mum after she
arrived here, rakes in more than £1,000 a month in handouts — £14,508 a
year —
to fund her love of designer clothes, jaunts to the Spanish sun and
nightclubbing. She bragged: “I have a lovely, fully-furnished flat and
money to
live properly on. …Her handouts total £279 a week — with housing
benefit
contributing £183, child tax credit adding £56, child benefit £20 and
her
council tax being paid to the tune of £20.
You
might expect Natalija to be grateful, but
you’d be wrong.
But
she does have one criticism. Natalija
moaned: “I think they should help pay for private nannies, rather than
just
free nursery.” …Natalija vowed: “I am not going to work like a dog on
minimum
wage.” She added: “I don’t care what anyone thinks. I’m not doing
anything
wrong. “I know people won’t like to read this, but what would they do?
“Would
they not take the money that was being handed to them to stay with
their child
all day?”
Read
the rest of this article (with multiple
links) at Townhall Finance
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