tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post8863444632941836097..comments2023-07-04T16:57:28.929+01:00Comments on Where's the Benefit?: Labour takes *another* pop at disabled peopleLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-31853462523968791482011-06-13T23:31:00.871+01:002011-06-13T23:31:00.871+01:00Thanks, Lisa! - very well said!
Sadly, Labour are...Thanks, Lisa! - very well said!<br /><br />Sadly, Labour are even more out of touch with ordinary people than they realise!<br /><br />So, the New Labour welfare rhetoric is peddled for years, and then built on by the Tories, and hyped by the media, <br />and then Labour consult 26,000 folks for an opinion ... and hey presto, the new policy takes a negative attitude towards welfare claimants.<br />Even by the standards of Liam Byrne, this is stunning and wretched incompetence!Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-68887083757605485712011-06-13T18:26:24.953+01:002011-06-13T18:26:24.953+01:00As a disabled person who is self employed and stru...As a disabled person who is self employed and struggling in the current economic climate, I'd love to have more work. Perhaps Ed Milliband would like to help me find some. It's true that a lot of us could work (more) if suitable jobs were available, so why aren't politicians like Mr Milliband putting their money where their mouths are and helping with that? And why are they making things harder still for people who work part time or who find themselves in poverty traps because they are supporting family members who are unable to work?Jennie Kermodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749433298618601756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-60258897303202358852011-06-13T17:05:13.847+01:002011-06-13T17:05:13.847+01:00It's all of it nonsense. Where we get money fr...It's all of it nonsense. Where we get money from is banks make it up. A basic fact that hardly anyone knows or has heard of or still less understands. More on this from the Bank of England, The Vickers Commission, President Obama and others at http://www.economania.co.uk/where-money-comes-from.htm <br />I bring this up as axioms like this are going to have to be taken on board before a way forward can be decided.<br /><br />BBBill Krusehttp://www.economania.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-11101137785505212702011-06-13T16:51:52.567+01:002011-06-13T16:51:52.567+01:00Quite apart from anything else, they obviously hav...Quite apart from anything else, they obviously have no idea just how rare affordable accessible accommodation is outside of the social housing sector. :( I never could find one, and I was looking for years.Trialiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09768919571819548027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-21613128912678599752011-06-13T16:49:17.648+01:002011-06-13T16:49:17.648+01:00Would someone explain how I'm "responsibl...Would someone explain how I'm "responsible" for my genes being broken? That's what forced me out of the IT career I'd fought illness, disability, discrimination and ageism to get. 20 year old, female crip in a technical IT role? *shock horror* I did my best for as long as I could. Now I'm too ill to work and I'm being written off as a scrounger. Clearly I'm not trying hard enough, I should have cured myself by now!Kimberleynoreply@blogger.com