Is it ever right to call a Job seeker a "Scrounger"

The Term " Scrounger" has been used by the media. Papers like the Independant have

Iam on benefits but i am no scrounger

I find the phrase "Scrounger" often se
ems to fit in the category of the disabled.
The title featured here clearly is the headline of this article featured on the Money Saving Expert.com

Not everyone on benefits is a scrounger.
is the opening line. But I ask myself why some politicians would promote this concept of Benefit claiments being defined as a Scrounger






This video highlights the issue clearly. You can be working and still be deemed because of your 
income as using the system
However our economy has CHANGED. the existing JSA system was never set up for the Zero hour contract

The Telegraph reported that JustinWelby identified correctly in my view that this phrase was inappropriate.

The Most Rev Justin Welby said that it is important not to use “derogatory terms” when talking about people on benefits.

Although the Archbishop said he could not quote a minister using offensive language about people in poverty, he warned that people on benefits are being categorised as “scroungers”.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the Archbishop said: “We have to be very careful about how we talk about people across the range of those who receive benefits. You can use derogatory terms – it’s just important not to do so.”

Asked whether ministers were using “derogatory” language about poor people the Archbishop said: “I can’t quote any minister of having done so, but I think there is a danger from time to time that people are categorised - that all people on benefits are seen as scroungers - and that is clearly completely unfair and untrue.”

Earlier this year the Archbishop warned that “children and families will pay the price” as a result of the Government’s welfare reforms.

Invariably those claiming or signing on will feel stigmatised by the term. Unlike the Bankers they can lose their money through a Sanction. 

Scrounger headlines

These headlines have regularly featured in the medai over recent years. 

Rarely has the sub heading featured well which states that the system is unfit for purpose. Yet throughout recent years we have seen ATOS and computer systems being deemed as not fit for purpose.

it is becoming clearer that there are very few that are in the " Abuse the system " category. The not prepared to work. There are far more in the "underemployed " category

The Ons produced this

Underemployment and Overemployment in the UK, 2014

• In 2014, just under 1 in 10, or 3.0 million people, employed in the UK wanted to work more hours than they are currently employed to do and are therefore classified as underemployed.
• On average each underemployed worker would like to work an extra 11.3 hours per week.
• Over 1 in 5 people working in elementary occupations were underemployed in 2014.
• In 2014, over 1 in 5 part time workers were underemployed compared with around 1 in 20 of full time workers.
• The North East had the highest percentage of underemployed workers in Great Britain