Belly,
I have just joined the union so I can do something about the unfairness dished out to people by Labor. I can't see any other way fighting those useless, selfish parasites.

Don't worry about Mr Unemployed, Miss Single Mum, Mr and Mrs Pensioner, get the real bludgers off Government Welfare Mr Banks, Mr Farmer, Mr Insurance Company, Mr and Mrs Shareholder, Mr Mining, Mr Retailer, Mr and Mrs Chief Exec and don't forget the backbone of the nation, the king of rip offs, the number one tax dodger, Mr Small Business! The list goes on.

Paul1405,
If you want to know where your money goes then check out the Public Service & all it's benefit schemes for the bureaucrats who do nothing but complicate decent peoples' lives.

Why are we comparing pensioners to the unemployed at all. Surely each group requires individual assessment and attention.

Pitting one disadvantaged group against the other serves no purpose for policy makers and it just ends up in the usual competitive us and them scenario.

It is unfair that people who are trying to find work in this country are so badly maligned, many of them have disabilities but fall through the cracks of the 'criteria'. Most want to work but have to work around their particular medical condition etc.

For the small minority who do bludge off the system we should not judge all people by the lowest common denominator.

There are many who, because of greed or laziness, cheat the system in various ways via tax, anti-competitive business practices, collusion, price fixing, exploitation of labour, public service sections who are completely overstaffed with nothing to do (while other areas are poorly resourced usually at the doing end).

We can all name a long list of who we think the 'bludgers ' in society are. It is typical of the wedge politics or the politics of envy used in this country.

Pat many pensioners may try and pull a 'fast one' to get their gardens done for cheap, but they are probably desperate for help given they may not be able to cope physically with the demands. You may be able to put them onto a home help service in your state - I know there are some that provide either free or very cheap rates for cleaning, gardening and home repairs.

It is unfair that people who are trying to find work in this country are so badly maligned, many of them have disabilities but fall through the cracks of the 'criteria'.
Pelican,
Almost the whole of the Public Service falls into the category of unemployable so, how come they don't fall through the cracks of the criteria ?

I'll take that as a comment individual.