At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.
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1 bus driver
1 famous photographer
1 actor
1 admin/hospitality
1 engineer/butler/sommelier
The list goes on.. how many "became" incapacitated through accident/illness inc mental health
...and that's not counting age 9-16, when I worked for a family business every summer for cash.
Just shocking.
Thats it.
I’m on SSDI now. Before I married my husband I was on..
I am STILL disabled. I no longer qualify for Medicaid…
People don’t know what they don’t know.
I was like “I got one in 2003!!”
And your boy Ronnie is the one who started it so blame if you wanna blame anyone, ffs.
You can't save up much money if you're on disability benefits. If your bank account is too healthy they'll stop the payments.
It's a brand new car, so no MOT required.
Some of the more basic adaptations (eg hand controls for brake/throttle) are included free.
Insurance & RAC cover is also included, which can be a big deal for younger drivers or people in high-crime areas.
We used to be penalised for going over 12,000 miles in a year too
It can't. Welcome to your first disabled car trap.
In my dreams anyway, not in reality.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-shake-up-to-welfare-system-in-a-generation-to-get-britain-working
I musta missed that memo with my constantly rising anxiety, bouts of depression, social issues and other stuff that comes with having ADHD
I am embarrassed for anyone who thinks it is cool to be so cruel to those who have so little.
Never ever realising they are being continuously attacked by a bunch of conmen dressed up as respectable politicians. The mask is off now.
"If you give people benefits for unemployment, you're rewarding people for being out of work. In the same way, if you give people free healthcare you're rewarding them for being sick."
"By treating them?"
"Exactly"
But being disabled means having way higher base costs than usual (for all the direct and indirect health expenses) on the lowest possible income the government can get away with. My sick benefits are literally at the govt defined poverty level.
*Obviously the specifics are country dependent but i live in a country with amongst the better safety nets and it's not the case are so i doubt it happens anywhere
Change the narrative, don't let this shit fly.
This is just a cruel policy. They need to go after the real benefit thieves and most of them are in the House of Lords and House of Commons
The real problem lies in people's perceptions wrong be it about the disabled, immigrants or whoever the propagandists are targeting on behalf of their wealthy backers
If a handful of people 'game the system' but the other 99% get the help they NEED as a result, I DON'T CARE if one person you know is 'totally faking it'.
My own pathetic loser of a brother thinks I'M a benefits scrounger and he's 100% fucking wrong.
https://www.scottsantens.com