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Aneirin -> RE: Benefits fraud? Is it real? (8/13/2010 5:28:55 AM)
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The current drive to crack down on the so called benefit fraud that the people via media and government believe is going on is nothing more than an attack on a defenceless strata of society, perhaps a scapegoat for the real problem, powerful people the government does not want to piss off.
Fine route out fraud, for there is fraud going on with some benefit claimants, but that is not to mean attack everyone, for everyone on benefits will be investigated in the process and with that people will be described as fraudulent, when the reality is they are not, as one knows, the heavy boot of government agency is never delicate, they seem not to believe in precision, when general has always worked in the past.
I heard recently that the benefit fraud investigation department is being privatised, i.e. going out to civvy contractors who will be rewarded on piece work, the more they weed out, the more they get paid, which definitely means there is going to be abuse of procedures to make money.
But, would there be a strata of society that survives on benefits if the country hadn't been fucked up so bad by crap governments.
My view is the only way people will go back to work, is if their situation improves, i.e. they stand a chance of either being able to purchase a home or at least be able to rent decent housing and that paid for by a job that pays a reasonable rate for the work done, not the absolute minimum wage or not far off it as many ex claimants get forced to do. Also a job with prospects will help, as people need to know they have a possible future other than when the contract ends they are out. Also, I believe there should be an option to work if it is a person wants to change the direction of their career, if work is unappetising, dead end or no viable work available to match a person's skills, then for someone to claim benefits, they must be in viable education retraining to meet the new demands.
Of those whom I know out of work and claiming benefits, amongst them they include; precision engineers, tool makers and machinists, all trades which sustained Britain in the past, highly skilled and experienced people, but they all claim one problem, which is also common to myself, a lack of paperwork to prove skills, as in the past it was not a requirement to undertake academic educational courses with certification to prove one had the ability to do the job they were supposed to be skilled at.
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