Understand about the vunerable if they are British nationals but the problem with this country is that the working man has no benefits for being working anymore! We house someone over here because its a free house and money even if they are plotting against us yet those who pay into the system get jack shit compared to those that dont and I have had enough of it and I dont put myself in front of a bullet day in and day out.
I am a bit angry at the moment as I asked my dad today why he is still living in a shitty bedsit now he is ill and retired and he tells me that because his bus driver pension is about £4 over the threshold he has to pay full rent, council tax and everything else so this just makes me even more angry.
Understand that but its the benefit of being in the EU. The reality is the government can't stop it without withdrawing from it. I could in theory move to France tomorrow and start drawing benefits, the reason people move here is because our benefits system is more generous and easier to access than elsewhere. And FWIW that applies to UK nationals as much as others. To be honest though, the "immigrant" issue is a tiny one but its more noticeable mostly because of the obvious ethnic or cultural differences.
If we are taking about reducing benefit dependancy and making society fair, I'd start with the bloke with the tattoo on his face drinking Stella in the job centre queue who moans about having immigrants taking his job. I would employ a Pole over him every day of the week because I know the Pole is a) going to work his arse off and prepared to do shit jobs for shit pay.
The simple fact of the matter is life on benefits is too easy for everyone. If you can afford Sky on benefits... something is badly wrong. I have and do work in some of Kent's most deprived areas and they ALL have Sky, smoke like chimneys and simply don't work. Until benefits provide a subsistance lifestyle only, there will always be a choice to live that way.
In referance to your dad's situation, yes that is clearly wrong but it is not the fault of immigrants - they are simply exploiting a flawed system, same as your tax dodging "non-dom."
The problem is, its not something the Left will ever support because they would alienate their entire electorate, and the Right get panned as nasty and uncaring.
The welfare state should only support those who need it because that is their only option. It should not support those who could work and choose not to.