Quote:
Originally Posted by Taggy
I think thats a bit "Head in the sand" approach to be honest! If the next Government can see there's been little objection to Benefit cuts then they will need little encouragement to implement it!
Its not a case of Mystic Meg....In the same way that Government is clearly sending out feelers to see what people think....then we should send our opinions back, both positive and negative of what potentially might happen. You are saying that its not concrete that they will cut benefits so you wont object to that, well its not concrete that anything else within the Green paper can or will be implemented either....so your saying its ok to support a "What if" but not to oppose one??
Best Regards - Taggy
|
I assure you my head certainly isn't in the sand.
I personally know there is a clear case of newly diagnosed people not accessing the help that's available, because the current sysyem is so disjointed, and hard to access.
After years when I suffered, and if I wasn't lucky enough to have a family that helped pay my bills, and allowed me to carry on living independently, I would have been destitute, and even though I'm not paticularly thick, the help I was entitled to was very difficult to get.
I'm not going to try and second guess what might happen in the future, until I see any actual evidence, but I'm certainly not going to become a 'I'm (now) alright Jack' type, because I personally know that today there are many people who are struggling to get the help they are entitled to, because the present system is so flawed.
Personally I prefer to fight the discrimination that's in the here and now, and not try and second guess what might happen in the future, when there is such scant evidence that financial benefits would be cut.