For the English papers, they have long been a reliable bogeyman. They call them Scroungers, Welfies, Benefit Boozers, Sick Note Cheats and a dozen other colorful monikers. These are the supposed army of layabouts who spend their government check at the pub, the whole time having a good laugh at the working stiff suckers who toil away to provide their lifestyle. Tales of their alleged excesses seem to fill every other inch of Rupert Murdoch's sundry tabloids.