Couples 'up to £200 a MONTH worse off than single mothers'

Heyman_2

torontoboy45 wrote: »

the mystery is why carol bought into the mail rubbish in the first place.

Not THAT much of a mystery is it?

lemonjelly

What a crass, ridiculous & ill thought out article.

The IFS report said that a couple with one earner on £40,000 would receive £10.48 in Child Tax Credit by way of benefits.
But if they lived apart, the non-working partner would get £65.45 in Income Support and £54.71 in Child Tax Credit, meaning that between them the two adults would be £109.68 better off.

But would have to pay the running costs of 2 houses. & Transport costs travelling between the 2. And so on.

Really beggars belief.

Plus, if I had kids, would I feel £109 a week is a decent return in order to not be living with them? Not spend time with them? Not see them grow?

The_White_Horse

they should all get nothing - which is what they will all get after the mess labour has made of the economy.

michaels

I'd pay more than that for a week off from my kids...:rotfl:

lemonjelly wrote: »

Plus, if I had kids, would I feel £109 a week is a decent return in order to not be living with them? Not spend time with them? Not see them grow?

chucky

The_White_Horse wrote: »

they should all get nothing - which is what they will all get after the mess labour has made of the economy.

but what about the children??

btw Mr Horse - what do you prefer as a pet? a cat or a dog?

amersall

The_White_Horse wrote: »

they should all get nothing - which is what they will all get after the mess labour has made of the economy.

that is exactly what all benefit claimants will get if cam the man gets in, he has to pay for the reduction in inheritance tax for properties over 3million somehow, lets look after the rich the poor dont matter. And trust me i know, i lived through thatchers term of office, sooner have the bnp in charge

silvercar

lemonjelly wrote:

Plus, if I had kids, would I feel £109 a week is a decent return in order to not be living with them? Not spend time with them? Not see them grow?

Sadly, not everyone shares that view.

YummyMummy20

That is quite possibly the most pointless article ever. All they have done is found a supposedly shocking statistic and miserably failed to turn it into a thought out piece - Slow day at the office?

It is wrong of them to not consider single dads and quite insulting that in their example of the diffence between the couples income together and seperated the single mother stereotypically isn't working. In that case it is quite right for the state to help support her, not neccessarily for her sake but for the kids sake. I also think it's ridiculous to suggest single mothers would rather keep their extra £15.89p/w upwards and remain alone than co-habit. A family unit is worth more than a loss in benefits, which realistically would even out all other things considered (e.g, the economies of scale being a couple allow etc)

OK, so my rant is probably induced by the fact I hardly slept last night because I was at work til 2:30 and then woken by the increasingly regular 'there's spiders in my bed can I sleep in yours Mummy?' at around 4AM, but I do think it's ridiculous. The entire stereotypical single mother image irritates me in general and for a newspaper to suggest people live as single parents as a lifestyle choice to get a few extra quid off the state is just plain stupid. Yes, ok, I'm a single parent; I work, I study for a degree & I have the most amazing, caring, intelligent little man. I do, however, disagree with some aspects of the benefits system but more so how seemingly easy it is for people to rip of the state and claim unfairly/fraudulently; THEY are the ones that should be slammed in the newspapers!

Ooops, I went slightly off topic!

*Runs away before she gets slated*

chucky

YummyMummy20 wrote: »

That is quite possibly the most pointless article ever. All they have done is found a supposedly shocking statistic and miserably failed to turn it into a thought out piece

YummyMummy20 wrote: »

*Runs away before she gets slated*

please don't - this is typical of this part of this forum.
you should stay and explain to them that these kind of things aren't happening to everyone...

they find a shocking headline and paint the picture that this is the case across the country and affects everyone.

YummyMummy20

chucky wrote: »

please don't - this is typical of this part of this forum.
you should stay and explain to them that these kind of things aren't happening to everyone...

they find a shocking headline and paint the picture that this is the case across the country and affects everyone.

I'll be honest, I only normally post on 'nice' threads. Some places around here are rather aggressive and you can guarantee some posters would never say some of the things they do in public, only with the anonymity of the forums to protect them. It does, however, really irritate me that people (especially those that haven't been in the situation themselves) feel the need say anything and I really can't see the need to post what is, judging by the length and lack of real content, a filler article from the Daily Mail of all places.