The following is from a blog called Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty - so you get the gist.
"There should be no consequences for people on the sickness benefit or the DPB (or the unemployment benefit, but that's another rant) if they avoid WINZ's 'employment services'. Otherwise the state is compelling people who have a societally recognised reason not to work in paid employment at that time to do things that the state believes will help them return to work at some future time."
The glaring problem here is the writer opposes the state compelling anyone on a benefit to do something. But she must uphold the state's right to compel people to pay taxes. In her world Benefit Boulevard is a one-way street. If enough of us went down it the country would collapse.
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I have seen the name previously, but never actually visited that blog.
In the same way that I don't take the cover off every septic tank I find- I know pretty well what's inside.
Seems you have confirmed my suspicions...
It is a complete fallacy that those on the invalids and sickness benefit are incapable of working.
In my experience most people on an invalids benefit are capable of working but don't have the resources or support to find appropriate work. So they end up on the benefit permanently, missing out on many of the social benefits and higher self-esteem having a job will give them.
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