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29 hours and 40 minutes tax credit
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skcollobcat10 wrote: »Your background or reasons are irrelevant and I can comment as I please when you post on a public forum about your desire to increase the amount you can suckle from the taxpayers teat.
You are welcome to post your ill-informed ramblings on a public forum if you so wish.
If you disagree about how the benefit system works, I suggest you vent your pent up frustration on a board which doesn't aim to help people receive benefits to which they're entitled.
I await your witty response with tired indifference.0 -
no one on here resents people getting their entitlement.
but when people are obviously doing their utmost to manipulate the system to their own benefit..........yes it does rankle!
all i can say is, wait until you are a childless couple, struggling to make ends meet ( or a single person for that matter)and you see people trying their best to increase their income for the smallest effort.............
i dont blame the claimants, i blame the system. but the 'entitled' people are fighting tooth and nail to secure their entitlement, whilst the 'unentitled' are suffering much more!
All I wanted to know was if 29 hours 40 minutes would be rounded up to 30 hours.
It was other people who came up with ideas of how to increase the week to 30 hours.
I am still getting my head around how tax credits work and all I asked was a simple question.
My wife and I were a childless couple (as all couples generally start out) struggling to make ends meet and I agree there should be more help for individuals and couples.
I didn't invent the system but I would be a fool not to claim what we are entitled to in our time of need.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »There is a vast difference between those who can't work through no fault of their own and those that who don't want to work. I am happy for my taxes to support the former, but not the latter. The welfare state was created as a safety net and not a lifestyle choice.
As for "voicing your concerns", I used my vote to do that: I'm in a marginal:)
You do realise that benefits are subject to change, don't you? With that in mind, is relying on welfare payments to feed and house your family really a good idea? Wages will go up much faster than welfare payments and many welfare payments will be cut or removed. The other good thing about paying your own way is you don't have to say "how high" when the government says "jump".
I do plan to work when things pick up. You may have read in the papers or indeed heard the stories in the news about how we are currently in the midst of an economic downturn. It's hard to work when there is little work around.
I don't disagree with what you're saying but I think you're confusing me with the stereotypical workman who is claiming incapacity benefit and working cash in hand at the same time (Lots do it), I certainly don't think that's right.0 -
but to be honest your quite happy that as a couple you can work 4 days between you and claim tax credits to make up the shortfall!0
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skcollobcat10 wrote: »Well you can't be much of a tradesman if you do not help your wife and at least do a little work to bring an income in instead of scrounging from the taxpayer. Grow a pair and work for an employer like most people do.
I have explained earlier in the thread about the high cost of insurance.
Could you point me in the direction of employers who are offering tradesmen part time work? Clue (they don't exist)0 -
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what would you do if there were no tax credits?
would your family starve?
probably not. as 2 non disabled adults you would work to keep your children!0 -
ok you are using benefit to keep your heads above water.
my partners overtime stopped almost 3 years ago.
in the last 18 months he has had his hours cut.
our outgoinngs have stayed the same. mortgage, council tax, child maintenance...
his ex chooses to work 16 hours.........her partner doesnt work at all. they pay no council tax and receive benefits plus £80 a week from us!
shes laughing, but she isnt facing losing her home thanks to tax credits!
as a childless couple we are left to rot!0 -
ok you are using benefit to keep your heads above water.
my partners overtime stopped almost 3 years ago.
in the last 18 months he has had his hours cut.
our outgoinngs have stayed the same. mortgage, council tax, child maintenance...
his ex chooses to work 16 hours.........her partner doesnt work at all. they pay no council tax and receive benefits plus £80 a week from us!
shes laughing, but she isnt facing losing her home thanks to tax credits!
as a childless couple we are left to rot!
I can understand your bitterness and I'm sorry you are struggling.
I did say earlier I thought childless couples should receive more help and you seem to agree, but if you accepted this hypothetical help would you not then be in the same situation as us (receiving tax payers money) or would you turn the help down?
£80 a week is a disgrace.0
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