Reblogged from Ron's Rants:
IDS has the lunatic idea that plunging chronically sick and disabled
people into penury, starvation, and homelessness will magically stop
them from being chronically sick and disabled, which pretty much defines
both descriptions.
Here’s a thought, IDS – since I became unable to work I’ve been homeless, and penniless, and I’ve succumbed to starvation, and guess what – I’m sicker now than I’ve ever been. How does that sit with your perverted world view?
And except for the very few who are milking the system – and you
might want to look at your own department’s statistics on that before
your next Daily Mail/Telegraph/BBC Lie-Fest – that would also make
anyone else who is chronically sick and disabled very much worse, simply
because there is no way, outside of the putrescent chaos inside your
head, that any other result is possible.
And now we have Mike Pennington trotting out the same insane garbage,
by abolishing a compensation scheme for businesses paying long-term
sick pay to their employees. Do that, and the sick won’t get paid.
Larger businesses will seize the opportunity to save money and offload
sick and disabled staff, while smaller businesses simply won’t be able
to afford to pick up the tab, and will do likewise. How will that help
the sick recover?
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