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At last! The government appears to be taking steps in the right direction to remove some of the people who sit on their behind, living on what the rest of us work hard to earn.

I appreciate that there are many genuine claimants in the UK and I am more than happy in the knowledge that the public purse, something I contribute to, is helping them. I have no problems with people who genuinely cannot work and genuinely need the help and I am proud to be part of a country that looks after those people. However I am equally aware that there are plenty of people who don't need the cash or don't deserve the cash. To some, benefits is a way of life and that has to change!

The recent changes to the incapacity benefit system that was announced a short while back look great. I appreciate that not everyone's happy with them, but I suppose if you've had an easy life on your behind so far that you're not going to want to work now are you?

The changes appear to be a good step in moving from the current system, which appears heavily abused, to one where people who genuinely need the money and are deserving of it will get it. A fair and decent system.

The rest of the benefits changes are looking good too. I have often wondered why we don't have a system where long term claimers have to do jobs in the community or take up training? Why we didn't penalise those that didn't attend appointments or try their best to support themselves. For far too long we've been supported the lazy at the same time as the deserving and hopefully these changes will start the ball rolling.

We, as a country, cannot keep paying the lazy. Eventually the money will run out. There won't be enough of us working to support them and without them putting in to the pot themselves we'll be sunk.

Payouts for those that deserve it, not for those that don't.

The days of watching Jeremy Kyle on a flat screen TV while the rest of us work to fund your wasted lifestyle are coming to a close my benefit sponging friends, it's time to work and leave the money in the pot for those who genuinely need it.