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Wife works i don't would i be able to claim benefits?

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  • Googlewhacker
    Googlewhacker Posts: 3,887 Forumite
    mcgee77 wrote: »
    My god damn me for looking after my daughter instead of letting a stranger....i'm evil.

    The pettiness of some people.

    Ok you seem to think that all should be handed to a plate for you and that you shouldn't have to work at all to earn money to look after your daughter.

    You are entitled to this belief as am I in that you should not have to rely on the state to look after your daughter.

    I won't post on here again as it is just a pointless arguement that won't change either view.

    P.s the only one being petty is you.
    The Googlewhacker referance is to Dave Gorman and not to my opinion of the search engine!

    If I give you advice it is only a view and always always take professional advice before acting!!!

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  • mcgee77
    mcgee77 Posts: 7 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    When did you last work? If it is a few years, and your wife works more than 24 hours per week, you will not be entitled to JSA.


    Thanks for answering my question,i did not want to be on jsa just thought if i am entitled to it i may as well apply whilst looking for a job.
  • Googlewhacker
    Googlewhacker Posts: 3,887 Forumite
    I said I wouldn't post but this may help you to see if there is actually anything you are entitled to

    www.entitledto.co.uk
    The Googlewhacker referance is to Dave Gorman and not to my opinion of the search engine!

    If I give you advice it is only a view and always always take professional advice before acting!!!

    4 people on the ignore list....Bliss!
  • mcgee77
    mcgee77 Posts: 7 Forumite
    Googlewhacker wrote: »
    Ok you seem to think that all should be handed to a plate for you and that you shouldn't have to work at all to earn money to look after your daughter.

    You are entitled to this belief as am I in that you should not have to rely on the state to look after your daughter.

    I won't post on here again as it is just a pointless arguement that won't change either view.

    P.s the only one being petty is you.

    I have worked all my life but stopped to bring my daughter up,i have never thought that all should be handed on a plate(how very judgemental)


    I have never claimed JSA before.

    My first time posting on this forum but i will not again .
  • Googlewhacker
    Googlewhacker Posts: 3,887 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2011 at 12:41PM
    mcgee77 wrote: »
    I have worked all my life but stopped to bring my daughter up,i have never thought that all should be handed on a plate(how very judgemental)


    I have never claimed JSA before.

    My first time posting on this forum but i will not again .

    You are right, judgemental and I apologise but surely you can see that dependancy on the state is not a good thing because as has happened it can be pulled away from you just like that.

    Use that calculator I put in the post above and see if you can get anything else as a family.
    The Googlewhacker referance is to Dave Gorman and not to my opinion of the search engine!

    If I give you advice it is only a view and always always take professional advice before acting!!!

    4 people on the ignore list....Bliss!
  • ebeegeebee_2
    ebeegeebee_2 Posts: 29 Forumite
    My oh my !!
    It seems everybody has their own point of view, i however think it's a disgrace that a parent can not spend that precious time with their child in the early years. I have been trying for a child for 10 years and if a miracle happens and i fall pregnant i WILL not waste valuable early years of my childs life working ! i have worked full time for 20 years so the least the goverment can offer me is something in return
  • liney
    liney Posts: 5,121 Forumite
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    ebeegeebee wrote: »
    My oh my !!
    It seems everybody has their own point of view, i however think it's a disgrace that a parent can not spend that precious time with their child in the early years. I have been trying for a child for 10 years and if a miracle happens and i fall pregnant i WILL not waste valuable early years of my childs life working ! i have worked full time for 20 years so the least the goverment can offer me is something in return

    They do: Child Benefit.
    "On behalf of teachers, I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense which means insert roughly into the anus of." My hero, Mr Steer.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    ebeegeebee wrote: »
    My oh my !!
    It seems everybody has their own point of view, i however think it's a disgrace that a parent can not spend that precious time with their child in the early years. I have been trying for a child for 10 years and if a miracle happens and i fall pregnant i WILL not waste valuable early years of my childs life working ! i have worked full time for 20 years so the least the goverment can offer me is something in return

    If someone wishes to stay a home they may, but why should they expect the state to pay for this?
    Gone ... or have I?
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    liney wrote: »
    They do: Child Benefit.
    and...Child Tax Credits...maybe a bit of Housing Benefit and lots of other little bits here and there.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • ebeegeebee_2
    ebeegeebee_2 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Because the system sucks ! nothing is fair , how can someone who has been careful with money all their life and has managed to save some money for a rainy day get penilised in everyway by the system, and yet if you don't work a day in your life you seem to get hand outs left right and centre... Payback i say :)
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