How middle class families pay 49% of income in taxes - The Telegraph

Fly_Baby

silvercar wrote: »

I accept your point. There are some family units (and I use that term loosely) where the kids are going to be dragged up rather than brought up, however much money you throw at them.

I don't mean to be harsh - it's children we are talking about here - but would having a separate room each and a non-working parent(s) lazing about all day really help such children grow into happier individuals? So what's the point subsidizing their relaxed lifestyle when something more important should be addressed instead? And what's wrong in living in a two-bed flat instead of a detached house and having an incentive of going out to work, like everybody else, instead of receiving free benefits?

It is annoying when such people say that it was their "choice" to stay at home and look after the family and if other mothers prefer to work then it is their "choice". There shouldn't be such choice at the state's expense.

If anything, if the mother knows that she is not going to get a bigger house or more money for producing more children she might think twice before falling pregnant in an unstable relationship. And having fewer kids might actually help her pay more attention to the ones she already has.

silvercar

Its the HB/LHA rules that are wrong for automatically giving a bedroom to someone the minute they turn 16. What's wrong with a 16 year old sharing with their same sex 14 year old sibling?

LibbyR26

marklv wrote: »

The consider moving. Scotland is a nice place - far cheaper housing, lovely countryside, better education and healthcare. In life you have to be prepared to move around if you want to achieve your objectives.

That's the main reason why the house prices escalated sky high in my home town.

Local wages are relatively low but people could afford to buy houses because the house prices were proportionate.

Then the area was publicised extensively in programmes like "relocation, relocation etc" and there was an influx of people waving huge cheques to buy up second homes.

Although they supposedly want to live in the country, I know of some who appear to do nothing but complain about cockerels crowing, farmers spreading fertilisers on their crops etc and generally patronise the locals as if they are thick country bumpkins or serfs.

Once thriving villages have been turned into virtual ghost towns during the winter with pubs, post offices and schools closing. Unfortunately once these facilities are gone they rarely come back.

Admittedly the locals didn't have to accept the silly purchase prices - but that is human nature for you.

By all means come live in rural Scotland, but do it for the right reasons. If you do please show respect to the local way of life which is often the attraction in the first place.