The serious question remains: does austerity kills people?
In a word, yup.
Good thread BTW
Let's hope it doesn't sink into the usual false empathic, prejudiced views masquerading as intelligent wit by the usual suspects.
Austerity has certainly claimed it's death toll, suicide & homelessness being the most common cause, if your unable to work due to illness, your f^cked, the government has guidelines in place to make sure you go through pure hell to get the help, I know a few who work in this area, firstly, they don't read the forms that are sent out to individuals (this is fact, not my personal view), they instead, take a look at previous claims, illness etc & either send you a face to face or place you in the wrag group, at which point 50% of claimants will go along with the decision as they are either physically unable to or mentally unable to cope with the very differing information given out via phone help , the rest will appeal, half of which will lose, it's a great Tory system that has seen a major fall in unemployment, so it's working righ? No, it's causing so much distress to individuals it borders on cruelty against those less able, it really is the most despicable system I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with, the face to face is cruel, intolerable & full of false questions to catch out any unsuspecting claimant, the forms are in the same vein.
Get Corbyn in & fast I say, he would sort out this intolerably cruel & money wasting system.
Let's give those on benefits some respect for a change, 1% of claimants are false (most of whom are now celebrities residing on Channel 5), these are human beings with familes & friends who deserve much better than they receive, being unable to work or needing help when in work, to feed your kids is hardly a crime, it should be portrayed for what it is, not as some crime against the country, surely, as a nation we should do so, no one knows when they may need this help, ask the public, they would hazard a guess at 70% are scamming given the recent rhetoric from the tory regime of the last 7 years & stupid tv shows.
This doesn't even touch the tip, working families who cannot afford to feed their kids, losing homes, it's something this country has unfortunately become quite great at, for what though, what is being saved here, not enough to justify this crime against humanity.