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NitroNutter · 14-03-2005, 06:19

The real question is just what level of long term ill health deems a valid DLA claim.

The current system shows it as too easy for fakers but too hard for real needs. So how do you go about making it the other way round ? so those in need get the right benefits without the hassle while warding off these fakers who get it so easily.

With valid diagnosis it took me 3 years or so to get DLA, and that benefit is now in a large way is really just paying the interest on the debt I accrued supporting a wife 2 kids and the mortgage on the almost useless income support that you get today, for those 3 years.

I really fail to see how anyone can fake it unless they are two timing the system by working aswell. However you *cannot* survive on income support alone so the need to subsidise your income somehow is a nessecity. So some who are really ill are still forced to a life of crime by working while claiming as its the only way to get a livable income.

The current welfare state is not in anyway a safety net for those on long term ill health.
Even with DLA a disabled household with the average 2 children are not on any great amount of money from the state. Having more kids to top up the income really isnt an option.

14-03-2005, 06:19	#27
NitroNutter Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: <-- Not All there ? Knock Knock Services: You cannot afford me!!! Posts: 1,139	Re: The Welfare State The real question is just what level of long term ill health deems a valid DLA claim. The current system shows it as too easy for fakers but too hard for real needs. So how do you go about making it the other way round ? so those in need get the right benefits without the hassle while warding off these fakers who get it so easily. With valid diagnosis it took me 3 years or so to get DLA, and that benefit is now in a large way is really just paying the interest on the debt I accrued supporting a wife 2 kids and the mortgage on the almost useless income support that you get today, for those 3 years. I really fail to see how anyone can fake it unless they are two timing the system by working aswell. However you cannot survive on income support alone so the need to subsidise your income somehow is a nessecity. So some who are really ill are still forced to a life of crime by working while claiming as its the only way to get a livable income. The current welfare state is not in anyway a safety net for those on long term ill health. Even with DLA a disabled household with the average 2 children are not on any great amount of money from the state. Having more kids to top up the income really isnt an option.