Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "Jeremy Corbyn demands Pu0026O give back taxpayers' money" video.

Corporate welfare and subsidies cost upwards of £100 billion per annum out of the taxpayer's pocket. To put that into perspective, unemployment benefit costs a mere £1.56 billion per annum. We spend 66 times the amount we spend on unemployment benefits giving shareholders free cash.
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@HarryR545 Corporate welfare and subsidies were £93 billion according to a report published in the Guardian in 2015. It increases annually while the unemployment benefits are from the year 2019-2020 and can be checked with a simple search. I can't provide the articles as YT tends to remove outside sources. As for true, the corp welfare and subsidies figures are likely to be higher in reality, while the unemployment figures published by the government are likely to be on point.
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@sandersson2813 Keep paying over £100 billion to millionaires to buy a new yacht and then complain about the unemployed, like a good little peasant... The figure I gave is the full amount of unemployment benefits. If you have a problem with the disabled or housing learn the difference between words and how they are used...
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@sandersson2813 The unemployment rate is 4.8% of 67,000,000 people. Discounting under 16s and pensioners that would still leave around 5 million (many of whom are unable to claim benefits). However £1.56 billion divided by 1.3 million is £1,200 so I'm guessing mathematics isn't your strong suit. That means roughly £100 per month, £23-25 a week (Assuming every unemployed person claimed benefits). Other benefits including housing are a separate issue. The figures I quoted regarding unemployment benefits are from the ONS and it seems you're unable to understand basic maths...
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@sandersson2813 PS This is a direct quote from a popular statistics site "The expenditure on unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom was 1.56 billion British pounds in 2020/21, an increase when compared with the previous year."
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@sandersson2813 I didn't mention anything other than unemployment benefits. Your lack of observational skills and misunderstanding of the English language is your problem. PS Housing benefits go to landlords and all the money given away in benefits goes straight back into the economy... It's still a minute proportion of the tax relief, corporate welfare, subsidies, working credits to top up wages, tax breaks, low tax rates, free employees via schemes etc that the private sector gain from the taxpayer. Which was the point of my statement...
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@sandersson2813 No, I said that was what unemployment benefits costs. Many unemployed don't claim, many unemployed are simply ill for a short period of time, some are permanently unemployed due to a disability etc. I'm not going to answer pedantic nonsense all day...Many benefits go directly to landlords, debtors or straight back into the economy. Your understanding is the problem, my statements are entirely accurate and reflect that the private sector take larger amounts of freebies from the taxpayer than those in need... Don't you have anything better to do than defend corporate greed and theft from the taxpayer?
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@sandersson2813 Stop lying and trying to misunderstand my point. Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work. It's included in the figures as it's the main benefit available, don't assume different names for individual benefits are not included in the overall phrase "unemployment benefits"! "In 2020/21 the government of the United Kingdom spent approximately 1.04 billion British pounds on the Jobseekers Allowance, the main benefit for unemployed people in the country" If you have any further trouble understanding written English don't hesitate to ask for more help!
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@HarryR545 I wouldn't worry, he seems unable to comprehend written English. JSA is included in my figures. Other benefits like PIP, housing benefits etc are not, but I'm sure that is obvious to most people. He's just a pedantic troll. He seems blissfully unaware that many people on benefits also work, which reduces the amount they claim and that not all people who are unemployed actually claim, are eligable or get benefits.
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@sandersson2813 You are not listening, I've given you the exact figures that covers all unemployment benefits (UC, JSA) that is the total. £1.56 billion is the total made up of £1.04 billion in JSA and the rest is UC. I'm not replying to you again, as you are obviously too ignorant to understand written English. The figures are easy to research and my comments are entirely accurate and verifiable. It is not paid out to people with savings, some people choose not to claim, other people only get a top-up some unemployed people aren't eligible for a plethora of reasons. Stop trying to debate a fact, it's easy enough to verify.
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