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Originally Posted by Studio25
So all I need to do to get out of my council tax debts is write to them saying I have mental issues and that if they chase the debt I may top myself?
Or if I don't write to them, and they have no idea of my mental state, they will get villified for not taking that into account if I do commit suicide?
Sounds to me like an organisation trying to treat everyone fairly and collect what is due does not have any way to come out of this with a course of action that pleases everyone.
You might think that abstinence from "the system" absolves you from any blame, but you share equal blame for the way things are with everyone else who lives in this democracy. That's how democracy works - if you care at all about the way the country is run, you vote. If you care enough about the way the country is run, you canvass, volunteer, put yourself forward for election etc. If you don't care, or think they are all as bad as each other, then you don't vote, but that reduces your eligibility to complain about the way things are being run. If you care enough to complain on a forum, you care enough to put X on a piece of paper.
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Obviously each case has to be judged on its own merits,the example I gave outlines a major failure (imo) in our current "system".
The council overpaid the money and because of health issues the poor guy didn't respond and buried his head in the sand....which is obviously the wrong thing to do but fact is folk who suffer from depression etc sadly tend to choice this path over any others.
As for debt collection agencies they are right up there on the scumbag chart alongside the politicians.they are glorified thugs with no compassion in my eyes.
I guess what I'm saying is,lessons should be learned from these kind of deaths.
I wonder what the figures are for our local folk that have had benefit related deaths,deaths were denial of benefits etc was undeniably a factor in their decision to take their own life.
Would a freedom of information request get these answers from HBC etc? Hmmm.
I bet DWP,HBC etc deny any connection at all between benefit reforms/cuts and the deaths of claimants.
A total contrast to what I believe,that these deaths 'ARE' as a direct result of IDC’s vile policies and that he should be called to account for his BS.
As for living in a "democracy" hmmm....you keep telling yourself that.