Does anyone elsee agree with the benefit cuts?

It's funny, isn't it cos you read stuff like the stuff about the dla, and that little phrase pops in to your head all unbidden

THICK AS SHIT

The problem is the lack of council housing. To me, that's really the crux of the problem. That's why benefits cost a lot, because rents (particularly in London) are artificially high. Landlords push them up because they know the government will have to pay them.

Our flat, for example, tiny, one bedroom, in the basement, zone 2, not a scabby area, not particularly lovely either is £1000 a month. That's £12000 a year. Just on rent. So if you have kids, imagine how much your HB is.

People who live outside London don't seem to understand that capping benefits at 26K is just not going to work. These people aren't exactly throwing money around - it is bloody hard to survive here on that money.

I'm sorry, but before I can accept your MLM (myths, lies and misconceptions) application, you need to complete the attached 40 page form and include evidence including your yearly subscription to the Daily Mail

DLA IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT

DLA IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT

DLA IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT

DLA IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT

You know my DH receives DLA and I was under the impression he worked. I'm now wondering where he goes from 7 till 7 every day.

How marvellous that you thought we'd be interested in enough in your opinion OP to start an entire thread about it.

Here's my response for you: That's nice dear.

Now look you lot, will you please stop countering misconceptions, lies and myths. It's very annoying to those of us who wish to maintain our prejudices intact so we can feel virtuous while hating and blaming.

Thank you.

Also us disabled people look a bit funny, or we do in the minds of some. You know, we dribble and our eyes roll and we might just come up and hug you inapprorpiately or something.
Rolls eyes.

I know its been said before, but has anyone pointed out that DLA is not an out of work benefit and that its only paid to people who have a disbility and are able to evidence that disability in a detailed way

No?

Oh well let me try that one again. Ahem DLA is not an out of work benefit.

mrsruffalo

DLA is not an out of work benefit.

I get it and I work full time and pay substantial amounts of tax each month.

I get it to cover all of the additional expenses I have with a child with special needs.

You can't "go onto DLA" as its easier. To get DLA you need to complete a 40 page form and send in reams of evidence including reports by medial specialists and a whole range of other information about your disability, your treatment and how it impacts your life.

Just to repeat DLA is NOT an out of work benefit

Ithankyou.

Hang on.
I can't c+p but have I got this right?

1. people get DLA for minor ailments? (no they don't)
2. people with Mental Health problems shouldn't receive DLA? (whoa there )
3. the breed of dog you own is indicative of being a member of the "underclass"?

Gosh.

enlightening.

molepom imo it is because picking on people who quite often don't have a voice, is the easy .

Op I take it you're a health professional given your ability to differentiate between mental health and other health problems? Do you have a list of mental health conditions that wouldn't qualify, or would it be all of them? And what about the learning disabled, where would they fit in?
Hope you never lose your job

Here we go again.

Firstly, Brad, I didnt say anything about a magic money tree, read the posts properly and quote accordingly.

As for everyone else, Why does every single benefit thread turn into one that bashes the DLA? Why not long term JSA - where these claims are most likely to be the ones that are being falsly claimed and taken advantage of?

op please have a look at this thread

I pushed dd onto dla. in her wheelchair,
omg the ignorance shown by the op on this thread is mind blowing

As for the DLA I think that refoems are needed. There are certain long term disabilities that need long term financial support, but there are so many claiming this because they were pushed onto it instead of uincome support to mka ethe unemployment fugures look better and are still on it for minor ailments I am also not sure if people with mentaal health issues need the amount of money paid out to them by the DLA

Note to mrsruffalo

If you're going to start a thread about something please ensure you know what the fuck you are talking about-as you clearly dont.

Im tired of explaining it to idiots, so please go off and google exactly what DLA is and who is entitled to claim it.

op so you want people like my severely disabled dd to end up in povety.
cheersfor that

mrs ruffallo you wrote 'Working, even on a part time basis, would help a lot of those on the DLA but the benefits they receive cannot be matched by a low wage'. I'm sure you don't mean to make me bang my head against the wall, but have you not read ANYWHERE in the last week that DLA is NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT? It's been written about a hundred times here and there. DLA in fact helps many people TO work.

Screams. Self-combusts.

thought i'd take a turn at saying that for a change

you can work while on DLA

If you are in the "underclass" and are at the benefits cap threshold (£26k)... how are you ever going to get away from that? You would need a £35k salary just to break even and so it would be a perfectly rational decision not to work. How many people in the "underclass" are in positions to gain the type of jobs that pay in excess of £35k? Few, if any, I would imagine.