Council Taxing The Poor!
If you remember in my video blog I told you about a letter I received from Manchester City Council Tax office threatening me with a visit from the bailiffs - if I didn’t pay them £100 within 10 days before they take my bed & settee, fridge & cooker, toilet roll & light bulbs away.
If they take my toilet roll, I can always use their last DEMAND. Is it any wonder crime is on the increase when poor people are victimised by harsh penalties, by something that should be illegal, which they cannot afford to pay?
Well, they sent me another letter to pay £20 or they’ll take my bed or cooker away within 7 days. What a horrible regime like thing to do - to try to force disabled people to beg, steal or get into serious debt to pay for local council over-spending!
If we sent charity AID to Africa for the poor and then, on its way, the Government stopped it and said, “We’ll now take a percentage back as shipping taxes.” - we’d be outraged, protesting outside Downing Street, and sending pettitions in the 1000’s. But, those of us on Incap suffer this injustice every week from this Government - all because it’s not called Income Support.
What? A person getting the same amount of Income Support can be entitled to 100% Council Tax Benefit but Incap claimants have to pay a percentage.
“NO!” You cry, “Surely not here in a rich nation?”
Yep! Taking a poor man’s bed from him to pay council tax, when he cannot afford it on benefits. How sad! Are we a proud nation now?
I told the Council Tax Unit that I can only afford to pay £5 a month, so they hit me with a DEMAND for £20 to be PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS or BAILIFFS will take my bed or cooker.
There are mentally disabled human beings and those who have come out of hospital that claim Incap, who probably find it very difficult to cope with DEMANDS for some portion of their benefit.
Maybe we can set up an fund to help our poor unfortunate Manchester City Council Tax Unit to run its service without taking back (legally) off its own poor - I’m sure you, the generous public, would help this good cause and MCCTU would stop taking AID back off the poor.
Yes! Any Benefit is really charitable AID to the poor of this country - human rights and all that!
Do disabled people not have the same rights as those on other benefits to 100% Rent & Council Tax Benefit?