Penn's Blog
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Government questionnaires and people who don't deserve benefits
I was watching the news today and a news item came on which absolutely infuriated me. You can have a look at the news page yourself by clicking on the link at the bottom, however basically, the government has sent one of their questionnaires which assesses disabled people to find out whether they are capable of work to a young lad who suffers from Williams syndrome and has the mental age of a three-year-old. I'm not surprised that his father is angry, I can fully understand where he is coming from. His son's situation is not going to change, not now, not in 10 years time, the government should make a note of this and stop sending these questionnaires, not only are they wasting their own time and money, but they are wasting the time of people who do not need this hassle.
The government have computers don't they? Is it too difficult for them to make a list of all the people whose situation is not going to change, people like myself, I'm still going to be paralysed from the neck down in 10 years time, I'm not going to make a miraculous recovery which will enable me to go back to work on the trawlers.
May I suggest that the government look at the situation carefully, instead of harassing disabled people trying to find any excuse to stop giving them the money they need, why don't they concentrate on weeding out all these scumbags who are receiving benefits when they absolutely don't deserve it. Without naming names, I know of one heroin addict who receives nearly £200 every two weeks, he collects his money on Wednesday and by lunchtime he's got absolutely nothing left, are you seriously telling me that this waste of space deserves to be given benefits when you've got genuine people out there who are absolutely desperate for money. It's just not fair, millions and millions of pounds could be saved if the government went after the people who really don't deserve to be given benefits.
