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Originally Posted by Kursk
But if you are in a position to fund your mobility and indeed have a career that literally celebrates your mobility, why do you need DLA?
The silence is deafening in here  . |
The whole premise of DLA etc is that wider society should help towards the extra costs incurred because some people are unfortunate enough to have become disabled in some way- regardless of a person's income.
To ensure that this contribution was not eroded, it was made tax free and ignored as income for the purposes of calculating means tested benefits.
Apart from the considerations of the previous Cameron Government, this has always had the support of every Government of every colour since it's introduction in the seventies.
Most people in society will benefit from this as most people will either become disabled themselves or know someone close to them that will.
Statistics show that most of us will become disabled at some point in our lives through attack, disease, accident or old age.