Low income yet not entitled to anything

bestpud

Ok, if you post an SOA, people will help you get your outgoings down.

I honestly believe you would not be better off on full benefits - you can choose to ignore that of you like but it's almost certainly the case.

Those who benefit more from being on benefits tend to live in very expensive areas and/or have lots of children and/or have at least one person in the family with care needs.

This isn't the place to debate the rights and wrongs of those scenarios but feel free to post on the discussions board.

Like I said - if you post more detail we can work it out for you and then you will be basing your posts on fact, whatever the calculations show.

Lady_gaga

get a job at nights when your other halfs home to warch the kids, a couple of 4 hour evening shifts a week would give you extra in your pocket and no child care costs either, there you go problem solved, or are you going to come back with another excuse for why you can't do that either...


I get the feeling you don't want to worh though and just want more given to you by the state, your title is completely wrong, you get plenty in benefits, stop being so greedy!!!!!!

SingleSue

swizzled wrote: »

Rant all you like I don't care!!!
I'm not entitled to healthy start vouchers(both over 4) nor can I get free school dinners!!

This country is all for ppl who don't want to work. They get everything handed to them.My dh works hard and we get penalised for him working.No I will not go and get a job-We'd lose more than we'd gain.Childcare is expensive and few and far between anyway.

I'm not complaining about the tc I get.I'm moaning that my dh works and we get very little in the way that if he didn't work we'd get everything

The way myself and ex hubby did it was for me to work in the evening when he was home and for him to work during the day while I was at home to look after the children, that way, no childcare costs.

It also had the bonus of me being able to do extra shifts during the day as and when the children's needs allowed.

Yes, initially, we were worse off as we had to give up most of our tax credits plus I had commuting costs on top but after a time, we were way better off financially (enough to move out of the pay bracket for tax credits)..and for me, mentally.

Now, I am stuck as the sole carer to 3 disabled children, not able to work because of their needs (no childcarer will take them on plus I would not exactly be seen as the safe option to employ due to the amount of times I would have to leave work to attend to them) and it sucks....it really does suck.

My housing may be paid for, my council tax may be paid for but I would rather be working (even minimum wage - and I have never been in a minimum wage job in my entire life!) and have the pride than having to rely on the benefits to survive.

I do know where you are coming from, it was a oft quoted thing from me in years gone by but the satisfaction (and pride) I obtained from coming off the tax credits by our own hard work far outweighed anything else.

iamana1ias

Awwwwww, I feel really sorry for the OP now. She's genuinely disadvantaged.

I'm so glad that the £3k I pay out in tax every month after slogging my guts out, without any entitlement to anything back, allows her to sit on her @rse all day whinging that the handouts she gets for free aren't enough.

What a fantastic example to set your children.

Indie_Kid

Lady_gaga wrote: »

get a job at nights when your other halfs home to warch the kids, a couple of 4 hour evening shifts a week would give you extra in your pocket and no child care costs either, there you go problem solved, or are you going to come back with another excuse for why you can't do that either...


I get the feeling you don't want to worh though and just want more given to you by the state, your title is completely wrong, you get plenty in benefits, stop being so greedy!!!!!!

Weekends are also an option. When I was younger, my dad use to do shift work and mum would work from 9-12 during term time. There were no tax credits back then.

KimYeovil

Buy a dictionary - oops, sorry, you are in dire financial straits. Visit a library and consult one of their dictionaries. Look up the words 'low', 'income', 'not', 'entitled' and 'anything' as you appear to be having some difficulty using them correctly.

iamana1ias

Even allowing 2 hours travel time per day (generous) for the husband there are 118 hours a week where the OP *could* work but chooses not to.

You should not get rewarded for choosing not to work.

alwaysonthego_2

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