Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Should people have their benefits stopped if they don't attend parenting cles?

There is a proposal to stop alcoholics' benefits if they do not seek help. I have a problem with this on many practical levels firstly how do you define alcoholic and prove it even if you can define it, secondly treatment/help does not come cheap and people who are not on benefits and want help can't always get it so where is this presumably free rehab going to come from? Thirdly are the government going to take responsiblity for this when the crime rate goes up thanks to people stealing to get money for drink? Silly idea, good in theory, not very workable. But how about stopping benefits to claimants who have children unless they attend weekly parenting cles. That in my opinion is much more workable and would have much more of an effect. Young people are out of control because they aren't parented properly as their parents weren't parenting properly and someone somewhere has to break the cycle before society becomes totally out of control, do you agree? Is this a much more reasonable suggestion than to try and force somebody to stop drinking????

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