As the parent of a disabled child, I`ve got to know the benefits system very well, albeit not through choice.
It`s cruel, inhumane, dehumanising and set up in a way, to make it extremely difficult for anyone who has poor reading / comprehension skills / isn`t used to filling in official documentation, to ever get anything they`re entitled to.
Add to that, the fact that some areas of welfare state, have been outsourced to private companies, who have an invested interest / are rewarded for knocking people back or getting them off benefits.
The appeals process is even worse, as that`s when it gets personal and some of the stuff you get asked about is just downright disgusting.
Then on the other hand, you have shysters like my waste of skin sister, who`s never worked a day in her life, knows the benefit system inside out and has mastered the ability, to become sick at will. Normally just before an examination, in relation to her benefits.
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