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Originally Posted by Hugh
I disagree - those defrauding the system reduce the money available for those who need it, and the fraudsters also negatively affect the public view of valid claimants.
To do nothing, just because it is difficult, is a cop-out, imho.
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Agreed.
I think I said this earlier, but there is a family that I know well, and the Dad was claiming full rate DLA for an injury that he has now almost fully recovered from. The mum doesn't work either, and there are 4 children living at the property. My wife felt sorry for them when the DLA was stopped, and they lost the car.
I explained to my wife that it took the tax from 4 people on my wage just to support them with DLA and other benefits. So the fact that they have lost their DLA, and now had to get a job, means that all that tax from 4 people on my wage will now go somewhere else rather than paying a scrounger.
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
The comment about GP notes longer than a week has merit as well, even tho my sister got told after her mini stroke she would be off work for months, she has had to go in weekly for sick notes.
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Thats because her disability isn't a long term one.
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Originally Posted by borrissey
More important people to go after like the banks bonuses etc. IMO.
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That's a completely different matter. One isfunded by tax payers, the other is private business (even though our taxes do have to prop them up occasionally).