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  I think that there needs to be a complete review of the benefits system.what happens at present is that certain areas are changed/improved or cut and the whole shoddy mess looks like Grandmas hand knitted patchwork quilt..ie a bloody mess.
  
  Child benefit needs to be ammended so those in need receive a decent allowance whilst those on say £50k or over do not receive any.The figures are plucked out of the air but there should be some form of ceiling.For instance the Prime Minister kids receive child benefit but does he really need it? So thats one area that could be reviewed.
  
  Students should receive an allowance to encourage them to further their education.So say from 16 yrs to say 25yrs they would be in receipt of a further education allowance.
  
  Unemployment benefit should be scrapped and a 'Get back to Work' allowance should be introduced.Those without work would receive this benefit for lets say 6-8 months dependant upon the jobs market.If after all this time they are still unemployed they should then be placed on a community type project or return or undertake courses of further training.Failure to attend would result iin the loss of this benefit.
  
  Disability allowance is already undergoing change and those that qualify ie children born less abled or war veterans should be passed as unfit for work and receive this benefit for life without continually being reassessed to ascertain whether another limb has regrown or that their sight has returned.Its degrading the way they have to continue to prove their inability to work year after year.
  
  The shirkers and malingerers which we all know exist and exploit the system need to be weeded out.This can be achieved by hiring a highly qualified medical team who do assessments rather than leaving it to the poor overworked GP who may be under tremendous pressure to sign Fred Bloggs off as disabled or long term sick.
  
  OAP.s need and deserve a decent state pension.So each pensioner should receive their own pension regardless of whether single widowed or married.Its no longer possible to say that" 2 can live for the same price as 1".Fair pensions for all.
  
  Winter fuel allowance should be paid in redeemable energy vouchers not cash which they then spend each year on their grandkids.We all know this happens.
  
  Food vouchers should be introduced for the very poor or those with proven addictions.I have witnessed parents getting their money on a Wednesday pushing the pram and ushering the rest of the kids to the nearest boozer where the kids are fed chips and sugar whilst mum and her 'partner' get pissed whilst dragging on the latest bit of available weed or skunk wrapped around a Capstan Full strength.The kids are always poorly clothed,dirty and look half starved.Its irresponsible to pay these types of parents cash knowing full well that it will all be spent by the Friday lunchtime session on booze whilst the kids go hungry.We owe it to the kids.
  
  Girls who get pregnant under the age of 16yrs is now a common ploy to escape from the parental home obtain their own accommodation and receive benefits from everywhere.Yes the innocent child requires assistance but we should have state run nurseries where the babies could be cared for whilst mother works 4 hours a day at wherever.That way the are introduced to work and not merely starting a life of inactivity.The fathers of these kids should be prosecuted for having sex with a minor regardless of whether it was consensual or not.
  
  I'd better stop.we must be able to distinguish between those in need and those that are ripping the system off.

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