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We're getting our priorities wrong



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Published Date: 14 October 2008
SHOOTINGS, stabbings, drugs are now all too common and, despite much spin, Sheffield is no exception.
In a recent survey we've been named as one of the "most violent cities", so with things this grim, what action do we get from our tough-on-crime leaders? Well, in Sheffield we've got on-the-spot fines for littering and for the rest, constant warnings on the folly of "benefit fraud". Need I say more?

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  • Last Updated: 14 October 2008 7:57 AM
  • Source: Sheffield Star
  • Location: Sheffield
 
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Local Person,

14/10/2008 08:58:21
someone who drops litter is probably not going to stab you is he?
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Steve Smiley,

Sheffield 14/10/2008 21:13:44
To poster one.
Yes, HE..or she...as she's also drop litter..IS likely to stab you too....as the moron mentality is obviously in place.!
Priorities are wrong...
Change the system....Change yourselves.
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Rodgers,

SHEFFIELD 15/10/2008 15:36:07
I am no longer amazed at the number of people that litter our streets, Or the druggies and violence that pervades our society. This could be seen coming for ages. Also the serious increase in benefit fraud. break a finger now and it is o easy to claim DLA and other massive benefits, Get rid of the husband and yake your kid to a doctor because they misbehave, You will hit the jackpot. ADHD and much more. Cars supplied by motability are a common site not outside our schools, Men claiming disability and then playing football at the weekends. Youngsters claiming depression also get massive payouts, No checks now as there used to be. But the worse of all. There are thousands of drug addicts that claim invalidity allowance and other benefits. How can they ever get off drugs whilst we are paying for them. Then we have the honest single workers that are suffering as a result of the economy who have lost their jobs and have to exist on £47 a week. A recipe for crime. Whilst pensioners ( same as myself ) We moan and scream for more and parents of dysfunctional families shout " Child Poverty ". We have a long way to go to find fairness in society today.
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