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garinda · 26-08-2009, 23:45

The social benefits system does need a major overhaul.

It should be there as a safety net for those genuinely in need. Not as a career option for the work shy, which for some it most definitely is.

A system that allows able bodied people to be financially better off for not working, is wrong, both for society and for them as individuals.

This country now pays out more in social benefits annually than it raises in Income Tax. That is wrong.

I firmly believe all social benefits should be means tested. I'm still amazed that we pay child benefit to children whose parents who are city bankers etc, and who probably have combined earnings in excess of £250,000., that should be stopped.

The benefits system should benefit those who genuinely are in need.

26-08-2009, 23:45	#6
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16466	Re: Government Trying to Abolish DLA and Attendance Allowance? The social benefits system does need a major overhaul. It should be there as a safety net for those genuinely in need. Not as a career option for the work shy, which for some it most definitely is. A system that allows able bodied people to be financially better off for not working, is wrong, both for society and for them as individuals. This country now pays out more in social benefits annually than it raises in Income Tax. That is wrong. I firmly believe all social benefits should be means tested. I'm still amazed that we pay child benefit to children whose parents who are city bankers etc, and who probably have combined earnings in excess of £250,000., that should be stopped. The benefits system should benefit those who genuinely are in need. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.