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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Yes but they are not as easy to get as you think. Just ask Peanut I think it was
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I have to say living with severe illness or disability (or both), no amount of money matters much. As it stands I might have a year or 2 left yet it's still a worry that things could change or the goalposts moved further away.
If PIP becomes means tested, then do those expect to go through what they do and and then deal with the loss of any kind of financial independence, dignity or self worth having to rely on your partner to pay for everything? I certainly wouldn't be able to live with myself. I'm already a burden to my wife. (Though she doesn't see it that way but I do).
Too many people get annoyed because someone gets something for nothing because they pay taxes and think it must be a wonderful life living on benefits. Like saying you get a free car, well in fact you don't. It tends to cost you around £320 a month for that car.
I look at those that have kids to get more money and think they're just sad and they are the ones that are missing out of living a life and I pity the kids as well. That's not something to envy that's for certain.
I qualify for PIP and ESA (contribution based). Because my wife works, that is all I can claim. So we pay full rent, Council tax etc etc No reductions of any kind. I don't qualify for water rate reduction even though I use more water for my illness. If my wife quits working and becomes my carer, then we'd probably get the lot. But that's no life if it becomes a 'career choice'.