If we truly want to have an economy that “works for all”, we need to have a welfare system that actually places value on the welfare aspect. Trying to navigate the current benefits system, one wouldn’t be foolish for thinking the government wishes to make our lives harder. As unbelievable as it sounds, one man without legs was actually refused disability benefits after being told he could “walk up the stairs with his hands”.
An psychiatric analysis of suicide rates and their causes found that while economic downturn caused 5,000 suicides across 63 countries, unemployment was the sole cause of […]
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