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I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Yes, it's easy to say "Oh, it's just people taking the piss" and indignantly write it off. The overwhelming likelihood, though, is that this is the direct result of public services being stripped away over the last decade and a half.
As far as I'm concerned, clinical depression and anxiety are legitimate (and expected) responses to the development of this country's society, economy and individual prospects over the last 15 years.
She was awarded the lower level of about £200 a month. Clearly a life altering sum, well worth humiliating yourself for.
One example, for some reason they decided to ask her how she was at handling finances. I thought it was irrelevant to her condition but I thought they must be asking for a reason, and the reality is she’s absolutely fucking shit at it. I gave example after example for why and how much debt she had got herself in to and how she can’t be trusted with money.
When the decision letter arrived it said “you can handle a complex family budget on your own with no assistance”.
And then the reasons for only getting the minimum are so damn twisted it's positively Kafkaesque.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
I know somebody younger than me, who plays the autism card and has never worked a day in his life and gets a council flat. When he got the diagnosis, he quite proudly announced it to a group of us sat having lunch. Somebody did call him out on it, and said out of everybody sat at the table, he was probably about 4th or 5th in the list of showing autistic traits.
His background is his parents have played the system for years. His parents were almost proud when his mum got a cancer diagnosis, as it meant they would then qualify for a disability car, which they then complained about losing when she got the all clear.
The fact is, he's just lazy and doesn't want the inconvenience of working, as he's been brought up to play the system, and encouraged to do so by his parents.
Or there was the kinship carer my mum knew when she was involved with the local kinship carers. Always complaining she had no money, yet she had a disability car, always had the latest iPhone, and went to Spain 4 times a year on holiday.
Or my brother's mate's neighbours, who haven't worked for decades and played the disability card. If they think somebody is watching, they'll hobble around with walking sticks, yet if they think nobody is watching, they'll walk around with no sticks without any problems.
Or one of my brother's former employees. Perfectly good worker if you kept him sober. He found out you could get an alcoholic allowance, so why work if you can spend your day in the pub?
It's because of people like that the system is broken.
I have no doubt there are those who really do need the support, but how do you separate the genuine cases from those playing the system?
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
hate foreigners think people on benefits are living a champagne lifestyle and that anyone vaguely left leaning is a member of hamas ,an anti semite & will run the countries debt up ( which is usually done by the conservatives ) democracy is a joke as the media hound anyone to death who doesn’t stand for the agendas set by the ruling elite the media are out of control & should be held more accountable plus we now have to contend with social media disinformation campaigns . Unfortunately My party The U.K. Red Army Faction only has one member & that’s me lol
But as is typical for the current Government - they are treating a symptom not the disease.
Maybe if the country actually functioned properly - like you could access mental health services, or see a doctor, or afford your bills - then there would be fewer people needing to claim. But no, rather than sort the problem, these pricks have decided to just cut payments and that'll be fine.
Incredibly short-sighted and potentially dangerous decision making, no change there...
It's tax avoiders next but they will target tax payers.
There are NOT lots of people gaming the system.
There is NOT an "alcoholic allowance"
So what if the carer chooses to go to Spain - it's her money - she needs the rest for fuck sake. Carers allowance is £80 per week for a minimum - MINIMUM - of 35 hours per week. Even if she only does that minimum - its only just over £2 per hour. She may get other income to top this up but that will be means tested - so yes she skint and probably budgets like fuck to be able to get a cheap break every so often - it might even be paid for by the cared for a person - who is also going on holiday and need the carer to go with them.
She wont get a car for being a carer it will belong to the person she's caring for.
Autism is a complex illness affecting people is different ways - are you a doctor
and are you suggesting that a cancer diagnosis was a good thing??? - you need to reexamine some of your own life choices.
Labor have already said they will provide mental health support staff in schools.
There is the conveyor belt of medicated victims and voters. Designed to be glued to state benefits through constant affirmation, medication, and merge benefits.
It is a policy of grooming and is a shocking treatment of the young.
The other problem is diet. Kids swigging Red Bull and those awful Monster drinks. Eating industrial waste made to look pretty and laced with awful chemicals.
Obesity is rife as a result of all the above. It is a quiet and slow dumbing down of society.
There is no political party in the UK strong enough to stop it.
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