Unemployment in the UK

It seems to me if you raise the topic of unemployment in the UK, you end up feeling like you have entered the spanish Inquisition. The problem most 'working' people have is the feeling that people on job seekers are soaking up the benefits that tax payers provide for them. I doubt very much tax would even be decreased if these benefits systems were thrown out all together, as we are all after all paying for things we don't feel is necessary, like food for prison in mates, weapons for wars and the things that are necessary in our society like street lighting, rubbish collectors, dog poo bins etc! Either way, we all pay tax weather we like it or not, for things we may or may not agree with. The argument can go on and on and on.
Working people are so quick to say unemployed people are just 'lazy' and they get immediately outraged at the thought that they are paying for them to ''sit on their arses and do nothing''. In my opinion there is a route cause for everything. I honestly don't think the thought process for most people is as simple as ''I cant be bothered to work, I will just go on benefits instead''. As most people who do go to the job centre, do at some point end up finding work. So whats the problem? Is it just the fact we don't like seeing our wage packet with a big number swiped off it so instantly find the easiest target to blame it on? I know I hate it, but I feel more angered that my hard earned money is going towards a war I do not support in any way,the thought doesn't even cross my mind that the money has gone straight to the job centre.
If people honestly feel too lazy to work, there has to be a reason! Surely no one enjoys being lazy and feeling like their life isn't good enough to do anything with, because lets face it, with the benefits wage you can't exactly enjoy a good holiday or even afford to buy some decent food! So the problem, surely, has to lye allot deeper than how we see it! The age of the majority of the unemployed ranges from 16-25, and yes most of them probably are just sitting on their ''arses'', smoking pot and doing nothing. But why does this enrage us? I personally don't envy that kind of lifestyle at all, so i have nothing to be annoyed about, I actually just feel sorry for these people that they don't feel they have any direction. And where does that stem from? I personally believe it all starts with the messed up school system, too many kids crammed into one classroom, all losing their mind, being taught things they have no interest in and nothing inspiring that they can feed off, the teachers are under so much pressure its hard for them to show they even care that much! After school the kids are bored, most parents are working full time and their is hardly any family time in this day and age. There is a insane amount of drug abuse among teenagers, because no one is looking, every one is turning a blind eye and not enough is being done to inspire kids, give them direction and make them feel they have anything to work towards. Its one problem to the next. They come out of school, probably already hooked on weed and alcohol, with no inspiration ever been injected into their lives, so they feel hopeless, probably without realising it. The next step... why would they then choose to go into a job they hate, full time for minimum wage, where with their earnings they cant afford to begin their own life. I have grafted my ass off on minimum wage and it was impossible to rent a cheap flat, pay for bills and afford to feed myself! With no direction, inspiration or drive in the first place, why would they then choose to make their lives harder.
The whole system needs to be addressed from the school years on. Drug and alcohol abuse needs to be looked at in a great more detail and young people need to be given a hell of allot more hope and support. They need to feel their life is worth more than doing nothing day in day out.
Then there is the fact that there aren't actually enough jobs out there! And that is fact, weather you like it or not, that's just how it is! There are far too many people squished into this country, you wouldn't know where to begin to help them all find work. Especially as so many jobs have been wiped out. It hit me today when I asked my mum, whose taking a train to luton with many changes and lots of bags, if she will get help carrying all her luggage at the stations, and then I realised there no longer are helpers at the train stations....now that's one job they could re open! Then theres the fact that our kitchens are all piling up with containers of recycling...how about a job that will get people out of unemployment, sorting through recycling so we don't have to have 6 separate bins filling up our small kitchen spaces. There are so many jobs that could be done would the government just support it. The government just wants to get people into work, weather they hate the job or not, so as a result, people are working jobs they truly hate, which means we lose quality in products and receive very poor service! Have you noticed how in the last ten years almost everything you buy will break with in a couple of years? Products used to last a lifetime, because more people did what they loved and respected what they made, like an art. Now people are being forced into working conditions that literally depress them for minimum wage, so of course they don't feel any passion for what they are doing and couldn't care less about the quality of their work...so we continue to receive poor, rushed service, and ridiculously rubbish quality products!
The whole issue needs to be looked at from a completely different angle than just ''their lazy get them into work'' as in the end this doesn't help anyone, your tax wont be decreased, your products wont be of better quality, the service you receive wont be to your satisfaction and depression, drugs, alcohol and a zombie like state wont disappear! Whatever happened to careers? Living our dreams? Striving for what we want? Are we really just born to be numbed by the almighty dollar? I personally feel there is allot more to life than money and work. Like living the life you dream and knowing you have lived a life of meaning, rather than being numbed by the government for the satisfaction of tax payers. People need help, teenagers need help, children need help, support, inspiration and love!