(July 20, 2014 at 5:43 pm)StuW Wrote: This is the system in the UK and it gets seriously abused. I have a friend/acquaintance that lives off his supposedly disabled kid. He has a top of the line PC worth £1000's and he and his wife smoke and drink to excess and neglect the kid and its siblings yet plead poverty constantly. I don't have any problem with them getting money to assist with the kids disabilities (not that he has any I can discern) but the i do with abuse of the funds.
If this couple is neglecting their kids the proper resolution would be to involve your country's version of child protective services. The government deciding what poor people should buy and not buy is simply punishing all the poor because some will make bad choices.
Remember...this phenomena of the state dole is only going to grow because automation is rendering human labor obsolete......and that's not a bad thing. Don't be surprised one bit if your children or grand children end up on the dole. The day is coming where just about everyone will enjoy and awesome lifestyle without the need to work.....we just don't want that lifestyle managed by big brother.
