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Seen on reddit. Someone asked: "What happens after the welfare cuts? I feel this has not been thought through properly. There are currently over 1.6 million people actively looking for work, and around 736,000 jobs available."

Another redditor responded: "*I work in a job centre.

We are openly told by line managers there is no plan. The reforms will mean many people lose out directly (their PIP is cut), but also indirectly (carers of people with PIP are entitled to an additional rate on UC).

The main things we are being trained for is an increase in 6PP situations (suicidal claimants) and additional training on managing those with severe health conditions whilst on UC.

The Work Capability Assessment system is expected to totally collapse immediately after the reforms are implemented due to demand as people denied PIP scramble to get LCWRA classification.

Even the harshest people on my team see it as a disasterous act of cruelty, as someone put it "saying the quiet part out loud."*

What is the government hoping will happen? There aren't enough jobs already. Do they hope everyone just kills themselves? Or turns to crime like mugging and shoplifting?

No wonder the UK is the second most miserable country on earth: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/uk-is-officially-the-worlds-second-most-miserable-country-these-were-the-happiest-and-unhappiest-countries-of-2023/articleshow/108361220.cms?from=mdr

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Drawing a parallel between suicide and abortion is like drawing a parallel between murder and a haircut.

But if you don't want to talk about it I guess that's fine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Suicide is not murder, except in your opinion. You realise there are many people who consider abortion murder? And it's after midnight, some of us need to sleep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Suicide and murder both end in someone dying, abortion and a haircut both end in some excess unwanted tissue getting binned.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Once again your opinion. Some people consider that abortion ends in someone dying. Honestly, you sound like a hypocrite and I'm tired so goodnight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

And some people consider that killing a Palestinian isn't murder because only Israelis are living humans to begin with. I don't care what those people think and have no interest in discussing them as if their perspective means anything.