Disability Rights

Oh, I see Jeremy Vine has been inviting people to demonise benefit claimants again. I tell you what, you can come back to me when there are a lot of jobs for all the people who are unable to work to find employment that they can live on. We also need to address the fact that millions of people are not actually unemployed, they just don't get paid a wage for the vital work that they do. I am of course referring to unpaid care is who save the economy billions of pounds a year. Also we have the people they are looking after, many of whom are likely to need either round-the-clock support, or can't be left alone for more than a few hours at a time. Now, I am fully in favour of paying carers a wage for the work that they do, but this doesn't happen because it's presumed that family members should just do it out of love without complaint. Many people, including my parents do indeed do this, but there are people who are simply a breaking point, both financially and emotionally. And before people mention the fact that some carers can go to work and there is scope for them to do so, particularly after the amended Carers Allowance rules come into effect, it's vital to note that many can't work, because they spend ALL their time caring. For example, I can only be left alone in the house for about three hours maximum at a time, and it's absolutely not safe to leave me home at a time when I would normally be in bed (if there was an emergency, such as a fire, there is no way I would be able to escape if I wasn't in my chair at the time) But yeah, the media will probably go along with their simplistic rhetoric because that is so much easier than actually addressing the real issues.