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I think that for some people it's easier to turn this issue into a them and us, rich v. poor, right v. left argument than accepting the reality that the welfare state cannot carry on supporting people who could and should be working harder to support themselves.
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Shame really,they're wasting precious time. :) ---------- Post added at 19:55 ---------- Previous post was at 19:54 ---------- Quote:
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And the sick and disabled can not work harder to support ourselves, and I don't see anyone here actually defending the the workshy either. I must be reading a different forum to you, I don't see the 'rich vs the poor' thing and the 'them as us thing' it's the usual against the usual but just a different subject. |
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I'm not unemployed, sick or disabled.
Technically. I should be on the tax payers side :) |
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also ,a bit more relevant ,it was labour who insisted disabled people in receipt of benefits get re assessed in order to cut welfare spending ,the coalition are just completing their policy . |
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The extent to which the sick or disabled can work or work harder will vary according to how severe their illness or disability is. Some are able to do a lot more than others and many want to as the Remploy workers will testify. |
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As Carers of our own handicapped twins (now young adults), My wife and I are very, very grateful for the Benefits we receive to allow us to continue our roles.
We aren't rolling in money, but make do and pay our bills. A short period of respite would be a nice gesture, but it has never happened in over 21 years, so we're not holding our breath. I have often received verbal bashings from both working and unemployed people, thinking that being a full time Carer is somehow a "skive" or a "cushy life". Sadly, or poignantly, several have had to become Carers for members of their own family, and now see us in a totally different light. I suppose it would be the same with workers who slag off unemployed people, then become one themselves. Despite the REAL inflation rates, I reckon many in our position would have accepted a 0% rise in benefits if it meant getting this country out of the mess it's in financially. But looking at IDS's future plans for the "less" disabled, I fear we may be in for a rough ride ahead when the axe falls soon with PIP coming in to replace DLA. The ATOS assessments were hell enough, but I think IDS has further nasty surprises for us at the bottom of the pile. |
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