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Benefit shortfall

Dover

Hi, I would love to find out how much our Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Trustees and members who have some influence in Parliament tried to influence the horrendous benefit cuts that are still going on today.

 Did Cheryl Gillan sign off the cuts in parliament whilst championing the Autism cause?

Did the Countess of Wessex approach the government with her worries over Autistic people?

I think I know the answers. Think, do you?

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    There's an awful lot of playing on words and disingenuity with regard to this subject, and it's just awful.  Although the press and right-wing spokespeople claim that Social Security is rife with fraud, the statistics actually say otherwise; and though I've heard so much anecdotal evidence about "everyone knows one" and "the man down the pub" and "they look alright to me", I don't know anyone who's actually playing the system.  I do, however, know many people who are being failed by the system but in spite of that are trying to find work only to find that there is none.  Yet all the press has to say is "benefit scroungers, we must make life harder for them".  Which is one of the key reasons I think the UK press is dangerously irresponsible and toxic.

    This is a subject I find to be extremely distressing.  It's been awful: it's awful having the presumption of guilt and the bar being raised so high when we need to contest it; it's awful being viewed as almost sub-human; it's awful being told we're a drain on society and a waste of taxpayers' money.  To be honest, if euthanasia was an option I would've taken it by now.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    There's an awful lot of playing on words and disingenuity with regard to this subject, and it's just awful.  Although the press and right-wing spokespeople claim that Social Security is rife with fraud, the statistics actually say otherwise; and though I've heard so much anecdotal evidence about "everyone knows one" and "the man down the pub" and "they look alright to me", I don't know anyone who's actually playing the system.  I do, however, know many people who are being failed by the system but in spite of that are trying to find work only to find that there is none.  Yet all the press has to say is "benefit scroungers, we must make life harder for them".  Which is one of the key reasons I think the UK press is dangerously irresponsible and toxic.

    This is a subject I find to be extremely distressing.  It's been awful: it's awful having the presumption of guilt and the bar being raised so high when we need to contest it; it's awful being viewed as almost sub-human; it's awful being told we're a drain on society and a waste of taxpayers' money.  To be honest, if euthanasia was an option I would've taken it by now.

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