Dear Government

Dear Government and anyone who believes the scrounger rhetoric,

We, disabled people feel the need to remind you that we keep you in business. You know all that DLA benefit you 'give' us (the reality is that we have to put our lives on the line to even claim it never mind prove entitlement, but thats another story) well, I have a little secret to pass on.

Disabled people use it in the economy. Thats right, we are not just getting this money and stuffing our mattresses full of the lovely stuff, we actually use it to live on from day to day. DLA, its designed for the extra costs of living as a disabled person. So if you extend that argument, we spend MORE money than your average person. DLA enables us to have a decent life. That again, means paying back into the economy.  What non disabled people consider luxuries, disabled people consider essentials. Active consumers in need of stuff to simply survive. So why are are you taking away our means of propping the economy up? After all, you will get your money back in the end.


And thats just the mainstream areas of life, the people such as taxi drivers, marks and spencers (best ready meals yay!), clothes shops, supermarkets, technology shops are all indirect recipients of DLA. Lets take a moment to think of all the indirect recipients of DLA that have a bit more of a direct link. The companies and businesses specifcially set up for the needs of disabled people.

There is the big ones, such as motability, and the care sector. There are the adaptive technology companies who will suffer because Disabled people will no longer be able to afford them. There are the shops that stock all the wheelchairs and the commodes and scooters and other such stuff. All these will suffer when they take away peoples spending power.

DLA enables disabled people to work. Thats right, disabled people on DLA can and do work. In fact, it makes a difference between being able to work and not being able to for many disabled people.So, DLA supports the economy directly as well as indirectly. Lets not forget that. DLA doesn't discriminate on means, only on disability and partially compensates for the extra costs involved. Disabled people are directly contributing to the economy...

Lets not forget the indirect recipients of DLA, and that is the British people, and the British economy.