I totally agree about ensuring that everyone who is able to should earn their benefit through community service. I detest laziness as much as anyone but there are also those who are genuinely in need, and it is a test of our demorcracy as to how we respond. The aim must be to create a level playing field and then allow endevour and aptitude to sort out the winners and losers. The problem is creating the level playing field. Stephen Hawkings might be physically highly disabled, but is blessed with a high intellect. We live in an unequal society, with huge regional variations, so need a complicated system to try to create some fairness of opportunity.
