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surely it is better to limit child benefit to 2 kids per family
The_White_Horse
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rather than cut it off to the people who actually pay the taxes that allow it to be paid to grasping scroungers with 4 or 5 kids.
houses, could go up or down or stay the same.
houses, could go up or down or stay the same.
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they should scrap child benefit all together or at worse make it means testedMartin has asked me to tell you I'm about to cut the cheese, pull my finger.0
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dave4545454 wrote: »they should scrap child benefit all together or at worse make it means tested
I think they should make it means tested. It's a question of personal responsibility whether you have kids or not.0 -
Hey you two, I hear there's a vacancy at UKIP if you're interested. You sound like two very strong candidates.0
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I thought you'd been banned.
Child benefit is anachronistic IMO. It came from a time when women with children found it very hard to earn a living and so were wholly dependant on men to provide for them. IMO it's mostly kept alive as a symbol because it was the beginning of modern feminism in the UK.0 -
I would limit it to 3 myself, all child based benfits cut to 3 children, YOU want more children... YOU pay for them.Have my first business premises (+4th business) 01/11/2017
Quit day job to run 3 businesses 08/02/2017
Started third business 25/06/2016
Son born 13/09/2015
Started a second business 03/08/2013
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If you earn over a certain wage you don't need it. It is called a benefit for a reasonI used to suffer from lack of motivation.... now I just can't be arsed.
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I would limit it to 3 myself, all child based benfits cut to 3 children, YOU want more children... YOU pay for them.
Why? have you got three
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
And LHA as well, oh well back to tops and tails
There were ten in a bed
And the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over
And one fell out'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Why? have you got three
Not got any right now, the plan is 2 for me.
I just see how 2 makes sense but allowing 1 more seems fair enough.Have my first business premises (+4th business) 01/11/2017
Quit day job to run 3 businesses 08/02/2017
Started third business 25/06/2016
Son born 13/09/2015
Started a second business 03/08/2013
Officially the owner of my own business since 13/01/20120 -
For once horsey you're being too soft. There shouldn't be any child benefit at all. They are far too many people in this country (and the world) squandering the world's resources. The government should be encouraging people to have less children not more by giving them child benefit, family tax credit and all the other nonsense.The_White_Horse wrote: »rather than cut it off to the people who actually pay the taxes that allow it to be paid to grasping scroungers with 4 or 5 kids.
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