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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
My gripe is with the fact that some people are swanning about enjoying the life on benefit, knowing that they could work, but are taking the p***.
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Problem is that everybody on benefit now has a bad name. No thanks to the Jeremy Vile show. As soon as you mention you are on benefit you are labelled as a 'chav' and a 'scrounger'.
Just last September they re-tested people claiming sickness/disability benefit and the exam was one big joke. A tick box test that passed you fit for work if you could do certain stuff. Nowhere on there it mentions the stuff that STOPS you from working.
As a person who has seen over 10 doctors and all of them say I cannot work. One idiot with a tickbox questionaire has been given the job to reduce money spent on benefits....and now I have to go without. My doctor of 15+ years sends a detailed letter that it's impossible for me to work "through no fault of my own" and yet that's not good enough.
I think it's time to give people on benefits a break. They are the most vulnerable members of society. Yes there are people who cheat the system! ....but there are cheats everywhere. There is millions and millions of pounds lost every year from foriegn people using NHS services. Why not go after these people to pay hospital charges? Or charge people who make themselves ill through drug abuse.
Time to give people on benefits a break.