Reform of the benefit system

[dana]

Hi,

 

I've got an e-mail from Benefits and Work charity. Here is the link:

 

Visit My Website

 

Danaxxx

Edited May 30, 2010 by dana

[fieldmouse]

Well I do not think what you have given can be taken away. Let them try it. You fight for your rights, in the ECHR if need be.

[ScienceGeek]

Tbh I do worry what will come of DLA it is the only benefit that we can claim. We're not entitled to any of the means tested benefits because apparently having 15k a year after tax is a lot of money. I'm worried that once I finish uni if I don't find a job straight away we are going to be financially screwed, my loan and DLA are keeping us afloat just about. Due to the screwy way that the benefits system works I wouldn't get any help as all the help is targeted to those on the unemployed benefits (that I'm not entitled to), I'm not sure if I would be able to apply for ESA because my wife works too many hours/I've not made enough contributions/we get too much money pick your choice.

 

I sometimes feel that as a young couple we are punished because we haven't had any children, and trust me coming from my family that is a rare thing. We are a heck of a lot worse of being together than apart, and I know of a lot of others in a similar position where 1 works and 1 can't or is having difficulty getting work and hitting a brick wall. I have family members who fit the doleite scrounger profile to the T, one cousin said to me that she will have as many kids as possible so that she never has to work in her life. It really irks me when I hear members of my own family saying things like that, that their aspirations are that low and several generations are sitting around doing nothing and no government has done anything about it. How about the government take on people like that instead of attacking the one benefit that helps us?! Ok, I'm going to stop now as I'm winding myself up