Stay-at-home parents to lose out in child benefit reform

Gorgeous_George

Which party gave massive, unaffordable tax cuts to the rich?

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milliebear00001

All the pontificating in the world doesn't change the fact that this is an unequivocally unfair change. Completely at odds with the current pretence that 'we're all in it together'...

mbga9pgf

milliebear00001 wrote: »

All the pontificating in the world doesn't change the fact that this is an unequivocally unfair change. Completely at odds with the current pretence that 'we're all in it together'...

So many people in this country are complete whingey f*ckers. Just suck it up and take it. You enjoyed the boom, time to do the bust.

milliebear00001

mbga9pgf wrote: »

So many people in this country are complete whingey f*ckers. Just suck it up and take it. You enjoyed the boom, time to do the bust.

Ah, but that's just it really isn't it - I'm not in the habit of 'sucking it up' - I rather prefer fairness and the right thing. Perhaps that's why I'd rather cut off my own toes than vote Tory.

And you - you just keep on sucking and taking it.

mbga9pgf

milliebear00001 wrote: »

Ah, but that's just it really isn't it - I'm not in the habit of 'sucking it up' - I rather prefer fairness and the right thing. Perhaps that's why I'd rather cut off my own toes than vote Tory.

And you - you just keep on sucking and taking it.

Fairness and the right thing is fine whilst you can actually afford it.

Problem is, we cant.

Which means I will be a lot happier with my lot in life over the next 4 1/2 years, wheras you are just going to be bitter, twisted, and doing a lot of this:



Fairness is such a filthy socialist word. What that actually means is stealing income from hard working honest souls to give to lazy bone idle people who I dont particularly care too much for.

milliebear00001

mbga9pgf wrote: »

Fairness and the right thing is fine whilst you can actually afford it.

Problem is, we cant.

Which means I will be a lot happier with my lot in life over the next 4 1/2 years, wheras you are just going to be bitter, twisted, and doing a lot of this:



Fairness is such a filthy socialist word. What that actually means is stealing income from hard working honest souls to give to lazy bone idle people who I dont particularly care too much for.

I suspect an awful lot of grassroots Tories won't agree with you. A pain for Georgie, but mollifying for those of us feeling a smug sense of 'I told you so'.

I won't be bitter. I earn nowhere near the HTT, and am unlikely to be touched by any of the cuts in any direct sense. Doesn't stop me knowing what's inherently unfair though.

ninky_2

Emy1501 wrote: »

I'm not really one for stay at home mums to be honest especially once a child reaches about 2. When ever i have visited a child play centre with mine I always find the stay at home middle class type mums sitting having a chit chat and little interaction with the children etc. Always makes me laugh how the wife ends up with sometimes up to 5 kids wanting to join in with her fun with our kids.

I can see the point that if you can afford for one parent to stay at home you can afford to not be paid child benefit but for me at least waiting till the child is 5 would be a good thing as there are lot of people who believe that sending a child to child care is a bad thing.

i know a few stay at home mums and they are not middle class, far from it tbh. husbands are things like road workers, minicab drivers, general building trades. they are all immigrants however and possibly happier to consume less stuff / live in a smaller home as they value the option to stay at home more than the other trappings of a higher income. they all also live in london (in the cheaper neighbourhoods). i've noticed immigrants tend to be a lot better with cutting down expenses (or maybe just the ones i know), they don't drink much alcohol, eat out, go on expensive holidays or even the cinema/theatre/days out much so maybe this helps.

Gorgeous_George

Only the unemployed and the very rich can afford to have a stay at home mum to bring the children up.

The CB changes means even less people can afford the 'luxury' that was once the norm. Society will suffer the consequences.

Two people on £25K bring home more income than one person on £50K. Child Benefit will be paid to the couple with less time for their children.

You couldn't make it up.

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ninky_2

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

Only the unemployed and the very rich can afford to have a stay at home mum to bring the children up.

not true actually.

Gorgeous_George

ninky wrote: »

not true actually.

I like to generalise.



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