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Please sign This petition Ian Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week.
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Why should he?
the reason he should do it is because he is forcing other people to do it.
how can anyone say that they COULD do something unless they give it a try?
anyone could manage for a week, but try a few months or god forbid a year or two .. when your fridge braks down or you manage to get an interview and you cant afford a haircut and your once decent clothes have been qorn and washed so much that not even a tramp would want them!
employers would be biting each others hands off to employ someone that looks like a down and out wouldnt they?0 -
how can anyone say that they COULD do something unless they give it a try?
According to The Guardian he says he's already done it twice. :cool:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/02/iain-duncan-smith-petition-benefits0 -
he did it for a telenision programme a few years back. he left after a couple of days because his wife became ill.
as i said ANYONE could do it for a week or two.
many people have to do it for months or even years!
disabled people are better off. after the cuts, they will be lucky enough to jave &60 a week to live on. this is disgraceful when you consider that this is a 'long term' thing
i deliberately havent included DLA as it isnt classed as income ... and mist use it to fund the extra costs caused by their disability0 -
I'm not signing it
1: What is the point? We've had this sort of thing before and unless it was long term it doesn't mean anything
2: I'm not on benefits and although I feel sorry for single people who are really trying to improve their situation and get very little money I actually agree with the other benefit changes that have come in.
3: I feel sorry for pensioners who have worked for 50 years of their lives to be skint when they retire
The rest of the idle benefit claimants get off your backsides, stop moaning and improve your lives yourselves.
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he did it for a telenision programme a few years back. he left after a couple of days because his wife became ill.
as i said ANYONE could do it for a week or two.
many people have to do it for months or even years!
According to the Guardian article:
which is not the same as you are saying.Duncan Smith, the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green, told his local newspaper that he had experienced two periods of unemployment and knew what it was like "to live on the breadline".
I have no idea if what he is saying is true - but he has said it to a newspaper so presumably it can be challenged if someone knows differently.
Many people who are working, paying for transport costs, paying their own rent or mortgage, paying for child care, paying council tax have to live on very small amounts of money too - and have to work very hard for their money.many people have to do it for months or even years!disabled people are better off. after the cuts, they will be lucky enough to jave &60 a week to live on. this is disgraceful when you consider that this is a 'long term' thing
i deliberately havent included DLA as it isnt classed as income ... and mist use it to fund the extra costs caused by their disability
I'm confused by your comment that disabled people are better off.
Is this you saying this?
Or is it a quote by someone else? If so, whom?0 -
i deliberately havent included DLA as it isnt classed as income ... and mist use it to fund the extra costs caused by their disability
Then it is misleading. Because money paid regularly to a person is very clearly "income". It might be intended for specific expenditure, so what? Still income....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
it is defined in law the DLA isnt classed as income.
it is a payment to a disabled person to try to address the additional difficulties that have on a day to day basis.
it isnt classed as income when applying for any other benefit and is 100% disregarded.
pollycat ,,, why are you confused that disabled people receive more?
do you think they shouldnt?
they are paid more in recogonition that if they are ever able to work again, it will possibly be an awful long time before they are able to do so.
they receive ESA if unfit for work and it is paid at a higher rate than JSA, this reflects the fact, that long term, there are additional costs over and above merely paying for food and utilities.0 -
I note with some amusement and pride that Dom Aversano, the petitions author, is a fellow Musician and a drummer at that, In the music business drummers come in for lot of banter like [FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]How do you tell if the stage is level?The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth.[/FONT] What's the last thing a drummer says in a band?[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Hey guys, why don't we try one of my songs?[/FONT]
How can you tell when a drummer's at the door?[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]He doesn't know when to come in.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Well done Dom keep rocking the boat total respect!
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pollycat ,,, why are you confused that disabled people receive more?
do you think they shouldnt?
I've already explained why I'm confused but here it is again:
Or - if you are having problems understanding it:
I'm confused by your comment that disabled people are better off.
Is this you saying this?
Or is it a quote by someone else? If so, whom?
You said 'disabled people are better off'.
Better off when? Since the cuts? Before the cuts?
Better off than whom? You? Me? Joe Bloggs?
Don't be ridiculous and don't try to play the disability discrimination card with me.
pollycat ,,, why are you confused that disabled people receive more?
do you think they shouldnt?they are paid more in recogonition that if they are ever able to work again, it will possibly be an awful long time before they are able to do so.
they receive ESA if unfit for work and it is paid at a higher rate than JSA, this reflects the fact, that long term, there are additional costs over and above merely paying for food and utilities.
Lots of people on disability benefits are fit to work.
OK, maybe not work down the coal mine but definitely work in some way.
I know of 2 people who have been on disability benefits for considerable time because of 'bad backs'.
Both are now working in shops as their benefits were being cut.0 -
it is defined in law the DLA isnt classed as income.
it is a payment to a disabled person to try to address the additional difficulties that have on a day to day basis.
it isnt classed as income when applying for any other benefit and is 100% disregarded.
For the purpose of assessing other income-related benefits, it's discounted as income.
In any real sense, it's income. It's money, coming in....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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