Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

Trialia

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

And on and on and on and ...............:think::silenced::silenced::silenced::silenced::silenced::wave:.please please

It's true, though, microwaved tea and coffee is really icky. :P

Indie_Kid

Never tried it myself; but it does sound rather vile.

jimbms

Now to get some of you moaning, I get DLA, I work full time, my earnings are very decent, I drive a decent car and so does my wife, we have a very happy lifestyle, I claim DLA because I am disabled and DLA is not just for unemployed but for any disabled, it is meant to provide monies to enable you to live as near a normal lifestyle as an able bodied person without incuring extra costs. I have paid over the years a substantial amount into the health service here and have also eased it in earlier years by using private as well as contributing the normal amount, I have ensured out future is provided for without ever needing the state for old age care, so why should I not get what I am entitled to? it is my right, I have earned it I have paid into it. I will also defend anyones right here to claim DLA if they are entitled to it even if they don't need it, although I am not in the UK I do pay in tax each month about 4 times the average DLA claim, if I was paying UK tax it would be double that, so for me I don't mind a disabled person having some of that money, rather that than it go to some work shy scrounger who is not willing to work and by that I do not mean those genuinly looking for work.
BTW just a quick fact, anyone here who's disability includes mobility of either limbs you are all more than likely using daily one of several of my designs if able bodied its a 50/50 chance, so for all those who say disabled people do nothing for society chew on that, also I employ several disbaled people both at the company and working from home, all get a full wage well above minimum and all work a damn site better than a lot of able bodied I have employed.

Edited to add: Trialia, you have a good point about the boiling water issue, I may look into that, there has got to be a better way than a microwave.

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

Hypocrite, much? You moaned about me (and your grandson?) not using DLA for it's intended purpose; yet your husband doesn't use his AA for the intended purpose

Not a hypocrite at all. My husband was awarded high rate AA because he has care needs that warrant it.

The fact that I provide that care out of the goodness of my heart and completely free is neither here nor there.

What if I was unable or unwilling to meet his fairly substantial care needs? He could have the money then could he?

Just remember if I was a few years younger I could claim Carers Allowance as well.

summerof0763

krisskross wrote: »

Not a hypocrite at all. My husband was awarded high rate AA because he has care needs that warrant it.

The fact that I provide that care out of the goodness of my heart and completely free is neither here nor there.

What if I was unable or unwilling to meet his fairly substantial care needs? He could have the money then could he?

Just remember if I was a few years younger I could claim Carers Allowance as well.

to be honest if you were a few years younger ,just maybe you would not have been awarded carers allowance,it's not automatic,and also he may only have been awarded lower care

cyclonebri1

:rotfl:

jimbms wrote: »

, I claim DLA because I am disabled and DLA is not just for unemployed but for any disabled, it is meant to provide monies to enable you to live as near a normal lifestyle as an able bodied person without incuring extra costs. I have paid over the years a substantial amount into the health service

Nice post Jim and very much in line with my way of thinking.

I to paid big time in NI and taxes untill the time I could no longer work. I wasn't kicked out but "fell on my sword" to avoid the inevitable loss of my job that I could no longer carry out.

I take a greatly reduced pension to avoid reliance on other benefits, and yes, I still pay income tax.

There must be many more people in my situation but according to our beloved governing powers an individual is either disabled or can be down graded to "looking for work".

It's just not so. :mad::mad::mad:

krisskross

summerof0763 wrote: »

to be honest if you were a few years younger ,just maybe you would not have been awarded carers allowance,it's not automatic,and also he may only have been awarded lower care

This makes no sense actually. Full of ifs, buts and maybes.

summerof0763

krisskross wrote: »

This makes no sense actually. Full of ifs, buts and maybes.

oh whatever!!!!!!!!!!!
basically it would not be automatic that your husband would even have been awarded dla,far less you being awarded carers allowance.
do you get it now.its simple

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

Not a hypocrite at all. My husband was awarded high rate AA because he has care needs that warrant it.

The fact that I provide that care out of the goodness of my heart and completely free is neither here nor there.

What if I was unable or unwilling to meet his fairly substantial care needs? He could have the money then could he?

Just remember if I was a few years younger I could claim Carers Allowance as well.

You were moaning because your grandson & I supposedly don't spend our DLA on disability related costs. How is donating to charity a disability related cost?

jimbms

sh1305 wrote: »

You were moaning because your grandson & I supposedly don't spend our DLA on disability related costs. How is donating to charity a disability related cost?

Thats me for it then, I spent the last 2 months DLA on an ipad and the next one is going on a phone to match. :rotfl: