Peter T
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
They've got figures showing that a lot of people who claim sickness benefits for six months or less return to work, but people who claim for longer than a year are less likely to ever work again, and yes, they're spinning this as meaning that long-term support makes you sick.
The analogy would be that some house fires burn themselves out without causing massive damage, but fires which completely destroy buildings are more likely to be attended by the Fire Brigade, therefore if we abolish the Fire Brigade it will prevent houses from burning down.
Similarly more people die in Hospital beds than in outpatient departments, so should hospitals do away with any inpatient facilities and treat every one on an outpatient basis? It would also save lots of money.