Might have to go on benefits trying not to

missapril75

Naf wrote: »

...Because it isn't a benefit based on the definition of the word; you're not benefiting anything by needing support from the state....

Well if you are applying too limited a definition rather than official ones, yes

Like most words there are more than one definition/use.

Here's one from dictionary.com

2. a payment (or gift, as one) made to help someone or given by (an employer, an insurance company, or) a public agency:

Or this Oxford definition

2A payment made by the state or an insurance scheme to someone entitled to receive it.

The Oxford one seems particularly clear.


Apologies to the OP for going off topic.

Mersey_2

I would have thought social security would have been your preferred term, Naf, as it was the original intention.


Welfare benefits is the official title hardly ever used; but, the Social Security Entitlement Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal shows the original intention post-WWII. There for those in need, not a way of life.


Child benefit and Winter Fuel Payments are perks, but there is of course a need in most cases.


I tend to prefer a middle view, based on the contributory principle, as exists in a few countries on the Continent.


Although I realise that would be near impossible for the DWP to introduce/transition to in the UK.