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Uncertain Future ahead thanks to our very own government

A close friend of mine is dreading a medical he's got very soon as he's already been on this merry-go-round before, and knows the outcome only to well, he suffers from epilepsy and has since birth, but he can go weeks without any episodes but then can have one even two every few days, and as he doesn't even claim what he's fully entitled to, hasn't for years, he didn't reapply when his DLA ran out because as he says it was like getting rewarded for being sick, it was an extra £300+ per month but he'd prefer to struggle on the basic income support which has the advantage of being a grim miserable lifestyle (and a kick up the behind to want more, want better outta life) with DLA payments your kinda better off then some working folk, and becoming dependent on that way of lifestyle is inevitable, I applaud his conviction & respect his stance but he'll fail his medical, resulting in the end of income support, obviously he'll appeal against it and win but during that time (about 9 months it was last time) he'll have to sign on and look for work known & understanding no one will employ someone who can & probably will collapse at any moment, the last time this happened he received a shocking £39 per week (due to deductions of similar amount) but talk about being depressed & suicidal, this lad who doesn't even have a criminal record actually wanted to go to jail as this option was better one then his current situation, as he said at least he'd get food and have heating & electric etc in jail, or suicide was another consideration too, I'm dreading this scenario happening again but it's already set in motion, there's no stopping it now,
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