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Originally Posted by martyh
If this is what you think benefits are for then it explains a lot of your hostility towards the benefit changes .Benefits ,and I mean all benefits should be there for what people need ,not what they want .
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Agreed. Benefits, even sickness and disablement benefits, can and should only ever provide a basic standard of support in order to prevent poverty and penury.
It is impossible for the State to fund people up to the level of their expected standard of living absent any disability or other disadvantage.