Why do the government still allow people to cheat the benefit system?

Question

My brother claims sickness benefit because he is an alcoholic and cant work-pfffftt! He's 32 yrs old and yes he has a problem with alcohol, but he can still get out of bed in the morning and ride his bike or walk to his equally workshy mates houses, go on a binge and somedays even do some paid 'work-on-the-side'. To qualify for sickness benefit he has to see a doctor, I think every 6 months, to assess his need to claim benefit - and he passes with flying colours everytime! Since leaving school at 16 he has never had a job. He now claims benefit for his girlfriend who is mentally ill so he now gets carers allowance and their 1 yr old daughter - his girlfriend is also 7 months pregnant again. He is quite capable of working, and Im sure there are people who have a drink problem who are able to function enough to hold down a job, because they have to pay mortgage and bills. For some people alcoholism is a serious disease that leaves them unable to work and these people do need help, but too many people are able to cheat the system. Its really gets my blood boiling that my husband and I work our arses off to provide for our kids, we're not entitled to any benefits other than the 'child benefit' yet we have to subsidise all these cheaters and their offspring claiming their too ill to go out to work. Does anyone know what checks the government does to weedle out people like this? Obviously, the doctors have to work to guidelines whilst doing their health checks, but how thorough are they????

Answer 1

Depends, could be that your brother has internal damage due to alcohol and may have mental health problems and a shortened lifespan, may be that he has been put on benefits because he is unemployable and no employer would take him on, he would starve without this income.It's not easy to get carer's allowance , so he must have a good case...this will stop soon anyway as the government is making everyone work - in theory.Report him every time he works , but think of the children, they'll suffer and they are the innocents in all this.Please get a benefit check done, via the C.a.b. or the benefits office, you may be entitled to Working Family's Tax Benefit.

Answer 2

These people are just one part of Broon's "Client State".  

He provides them with money that he has picked from your and my pocket.  But they are other key members of the "Client State who give votes to Labour in exchange for a steady supply of money.

All the useless non-job "race and equality advisors"

Most of the "Civil Servants"

And there are many more

Answer 3

hey...just make a call to the benefit department......and they will check it out. the idea of someone bringing 2 kids into this world, when they can barely cope (financialy or mentaly) is disgusting..........i can totally understand your point. but people get away with it all the time.....

it seems to me that there are people in this world that cant do anything other then pop out kids........and then cant afford them, or are not in a mentaly stable enough to take care of them...

its a pity, when there are honest people out there that are crying out just to have a child.

i see this going on every day...and its heart breaking. you would wonder how much of the 'benefit' money goes on the kids, and how much of it goes on the parents....

Answer 4

The Government should lead by example unfortunately they don't. So how can they except others further down the chain to act any different !! :)

Answer 5

People like your brother make it harder for people who really need help to get it.  Why don't you report him?  

Answer 6

Whos at fault, the imbreads that take advantage of the system or the people or make the system so easy to fiddle. Some girls goals in life are....1. get pregnant   2. get council house 3. get child ben and all the other bens 4. get more kid and more bens......some years later 5. show now grown up kids how to get bens........just an example, but do people need to really ask why this country is going down the pan.

Answer 7

Because those are the people who are most likely to vote for them!

Answer 8

its a disgrace, not just disability but the whole system stinks. i live on a council estate in the north. i work but am in the minority. i watch open mouthed as these people walk past my home with cases of beer, smoking dope and getting free health care. these parasites are not to blame, but the government need to get a grip, if dole grabbing people were made to work we wouldn't need all the polish.

Answer 9

What so politicians don't cheat the system then do they.