Because it's easy and panders to people's prejudices. " I work my fecking arse off, but these lazy *******s just sit around watching Jeremey Kyle all day long". There was an old song many years ago to the song of he red flag
The working class, can kiss my arse
I've got the foremans job at last.
I find this attitude of " work shy scrounges" as some sort of representation of people who can't get work somewhat distasteful.
I can't remember these scrounges spunking billions of dollars, pounds and euros on financial deals, lending people 130% mortgages and basically crippling the worlds...
How can you prove that someone "wont work". Do you regard sending people out to "work" on schemes where they do not get paid for it is actual work? Can you make a good case in a court of law for suggesting someone "wont work" therefore society leaves them to starve? What about the dependants...