Changes to incapacity benefits

[HairyArsedBloke]

You deny there are a huge number of people falsely claiming benefits, or too lazy to try and find work because the benefits are quite high?

I'm saying that the government objective is spending cuts, not getting people back to work, and that they are engaged in more trickery.

[d000hg]

I'm less concerned with WHY they are doing things, than WHAT they are doing.

[d000hg]

I have never understood why taking people out of work is deemed a cure for especially mental illness. Surely sitting at home doing nothing is far worse than going to work.

I think you misunderstand the effects of depression... people suffering are sometimes physically unable to get out of bed, if they were forced into work they'd just sit and stare at the screen all day. Actually, maybe they'd fit right in!

[Bagpuss]

I think you misunderstand the effects of depression... people suffering are sometimes physically unable to get out of bed, if they were forced into work they'd just sit and stare at the screen all day. Actually, maybe they'd fit right in!

I prescribe Prozac and a kick up the arse

[EternalOptimist]

I prescribe Prozac and a kick up the arse

balls

national service and bring back the birch

[d000hg]

I prescribe Prozac and a kick up the arse

And if that doesn't work, tell them "pull yourself together"?

[Bob Dalek]

And if that doesn't work, tell them "pull yourself together"?

Then sacrifice them to appease the gods to bring the economy back on track. Well, worth a punt, anyway.

[NotAllThere]

...an infinite number of fit, young migrants ...

At this point, I stopped reading and my imagination just took over. Fit... young... mmmmmmmmm

[HairyArsedBloke]

At this point, I stopped reading and my imagination just took over. Fit... young... mmmmmmmmm

Exactly! Who do you want working for you; a bit of eastern euro totty or some sick, poverty-worn chav?

"get 'em back to work", my

[ratewhore]

The snot goblin has got to cut spending somewhere, so why not start with an easy target, the sick. The government has been running a very effective spin campaign that all those on sickness benefit are malingerers. None of them are ever going to find an employer who will take them on when there are an infinite number of fit, young migrants to do the job.

It is just a spending cut by stealth and a good way of masking the actual rise in unemployment.

opposition

It's been obvious to anyone with a brain cell that NL have moved people off unemployment benefit on to the sick so they can claim they are reducing unemployment.

All NL should be shot in the head. Starting with Hazel Blears...