[Livia]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

The government are wrong. Across The Board Austerity Cuts are draconian, ill founded, and unnecessarily compound the financial and emotional suffering of the GENUINELY ill and needy. It would make far more economic sense to leave benefits alone and concentrate resources on detecting ALL types of benefit fraudsters and stopping their false claims. This would save the country as much money as 'Austerity Cuts' without creating further problems down the line.

Action DOES NEED to be taken to reduce the UK's preposterous Benefits costs, but this IS NOT the way forward.

I have to agree. These cuts are brutal. I also agree that our benefits are generally preposterous and they need to be sorted to weed out those who've got comfortable sitting at home when they're well able to work. Tax Credits, pensions and disability payments should be out of reach though when it comes to cuts.