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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
And thereby you prove my statement about people making vague judgements from minimul facts. You watched them on wifeswap and just how long is that show ? 30-40 minutes maybe, but from that you can without doubt say you know their lives inside out ? Total poppycock. You saw the 30-40 minutes that was put together from a week or so in someones life. Its like saying I saw a picture of someone on DLA kicking a football with their son, that picture depicts a split second of the moment, but you would convict on that evidence alone Just because someone kicks a football about for 5-10 minutes with their son or mows the lawn once a month etc does not make them workfit. I can kick a football about for about that long but afterwards I have to sit down for a good hour to recover and I dont do it that often either, but to get those 5-10 minutes in when I can is damn worth it despite the after effects of doing it. My wife has just helped her sister settle into a new house, she will now be laid up for at least a week because of 2 days of helping out a member of family for free, if you saw her on those 2 days you would say how come she is on benefit, she is fit to work. but if you saw her for the rest of the month you would maybe have a different opinion. Things are not allways what they seem especially when you only have a small ammount of facts to base your opinion on. When need arises most can do something, but can it be sustained is the real question.
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Here's a breakdown of their benefits: (Figures courtesy fo the Rochdale Observer...)
Child benefit £4,747. 60
Carers' allowance (for a child who has chronic asthma) £5,691. 40
Disability living allowance (for the same child) £5,051. 80
Disability allowance (for another child with chronic asthma) £3,754. 40
Income support (Mrs Bardsley and children) £13,710 .84
Incapacity benefit (for Mr Bardsley who has had depression since his father died six years ago) £4,446. 00
My brother has had asthma since he was 5 - nearly died twice in fact. My parents both worked. My brother works (and smokes coincidently), and has done since he was 16.. I didn't notice Lizzie gasping for breath on the show, nor at any of the other PAs she's made since. She hasn't worked in 11 years either, but still continues to drop the sprogs too. I get depressed sometimes, just like her husband has. My best friend died when I was 19. And I haven't claimed a days benefit in my life. They are spongers, pure and simple.