Benefits reform - and then they came for the blind!

[bochead]

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fury-as-blind-people-hit-by-benefit-reform-7754452.html

Blind people often use their benefits payment to facillitate working btw are the latest group under attack.

There is a petition if anyone cares enough to register their disgust. epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20968

David Cameron is asking for a further 25 billion in Welfare Cuts -

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...fare-cuts.html

However for those that think they are not ill or disabled and it won't affect them - read the following extract -

The savings will be made from cutting back benefits for people of working age. However, the Work and Pensions Secretary has privately indicated that pensioner benefits should also be re-considered in future, but not for people who have already retired.

Flat pack, with or without the state we are all linked economically. Many people in receipt of dla are enabled to be tax payers because of dla.

It is not the case that the poor tax payer is forever funding the stricken benefit claimant. They are often one and the same.

But government revenue doesn't have to come from taxes.

It can come from nationalised social housing, transport and utilities.

I DO think that there should be a luxury tax on private education, healthcare, first class travel however.

Perhaps the current situation will scare more people into taking out insurance, so insurance companies will get more customers.

blacktrianglecampaign.org/2011/11/10/private-eye-raises-questions-regarding-unum-again/private-eye-unum-wk2/

you cannot insure against disability ffs

2shoes I thought that but is poster American, couldn't be arsed to read it as it seemed rather daft

2old
Hats off to you.

the sad thing is watching intelligent people who have been sucked in by the spin.

What landofsoapandglory said.

It seems even on here which is a very small number of people who care but there must be thousands of others out there what can we do we can't sit back and let the disabled take the brunt. Most have no voice, we have let use it.

Excuse typing errors too much x2 glasses what a wuss

have a look at this 2old

LittleTyga have scan read lt (too much wine) will go back tomorrow. DD has been summoned Downs, heart defect,pacemaker poorly controlled asthma ?heart failure needs to travel 34 miles catching 4 buses to be there at 09.30, ofcourse Ma is going to have to take her. Did not realise this was going to be annually. However it is the whole disabled community that worries me.
OMG I have 5

They are trying to highlight the unjust treatment of disabled people who are currently suffering due to the cuts. Putting the real stories out there instead of the horrid propaganda the government and some right wing press are putting out at the moment. MIND have reported a 40% increase in abuse towards the disabled :( Give your dd a big hug from me won't you?

2old that is fucking disgraceful,appalling (i cant think of a description adequate enough) of them to put your daughter and you through that. Have they refused a home visit.

2shoes - insurance companies will certainly take your money for it. www.aviva.co.uk/personal-accident-insurance/accidental-disability/

2old2beamum - do you mean me? I'm not American, and Private Eye is a British magazine.

Sorry CFSKate I had no idea you could insure for birth defects.

2old2beamum - I don't know if you can insure for birth defects. Insurance companies probably prefer to insure healthy people for things that probably won't happen. And as the article says, insurance companies could make big profits if they are widely seen as the alternative to state provision.

Both 2shoes and I have children with severe disabilties which is why I posted re disability cuts which are so cruel.

bit late to insure against some thing that happend at birth.
(2shoes here)