how far can i actually take this?

iamana1ias

michelle1506 wrote: »

Well let me tell you, I have twins on the way, and when they get here I will be claiming CTC, WFTC and CB! Couldn't give a stuff what you think about it quite honestly. I see this as MY TURN to get something off the state for all of the contributions that I have made over the years!

michelle1506 wrote:

I also think that where there is an entitlement that there is a claim to be made.

Evidently.

michelle1506 wrote:

As for your second paragraph did you have anyone in particular in mind? I don't remember saying that the amount of contributions paid were ever enough?

Erm, really? The bolded sentance above could be read as though you think your contributions haven't already provided you with anything. In reality you are in debt (figuratively) for your own schooling (at least 11 years at something like £10k a year) and healthcare (bottomless pit, especially when supporting someone pregnant with twins). It's not all about cash handouts (or shouldn't be).

pipkin71

michelle1506 wrote: »

Well let me tell you, I have twins on the way, and when they get here I will be claiming CTC, WFTC and CB! Couldn't give a stuff what you think about it quite honestly. I see this as MY TURN to get something off the state for all of the contributions that I have made over the years!

Are you receiving private medical care for your ante-natal checks and will you be having your children in a private hospital?

You make it sound as though you have paid lots in and taken nothing out.

anguk

michelle1506 wrote: »

I also think that where there is an entitlement that there is a claim to be made.

As for your second paragraph did you have anyone in particular in mind? I don't remember saying that the amount of contributions paid were ever enough?

I didn't have anyone in particular in mind it was just an observation, it's something that's said many times on this board "I've paid in so I'm taking out". You yourself have said that it's "your turn" to get something off the state but the reality is you've been getting something off the state since the day you were born and will continue to do so until the day you die.

iamana1ias

anguk wrote: »

I didn't have anyone in particular in mind it was just an observation, it's something that's said many times on this board "I've paid in so I'm taking out". You yourself have said that it's "your turn" to get something off the state but the reality is you've been getting something off the state since the day you were born and will continue to do so until the day you die.

I'm legally single and won't ever have children. I've worked full time since the age of 15 (so that's 20 years done).

I'm not entitled to tax credits or other benefits. I pay over £1.5k a month in tax and NI.

When will it be my turn to get some of these extras?

FBaby

It's like people expecting NHS funding for cosmetic surgery complaining that they should be entitled to it because they have paid their NI contribution, not realising that 90% of what they will cost the NHS will most likely be in their last year of life....

Marisco

Don't even get me on vanity cosmetic surgery on the NHS:mad::mad:

michelle1506

I never said that my contributions had not provided anything. There is health care to be taken into account or for a start. But I have paid contributions for many years and have had a family later in life. I have only on two very brief occasions used the benefit system before finding work quickly. My twin pregnancy has also been a healthy one. You don't know what I earn or what contributions I have made in the past either.

Never ever said it was all about cash handouts, but as I do think where there is an entitlement there is a claim. I will have no shame in putting in a claim for CTC, WFTC and CB. I don't care what you or anyone else on here thinks about it.

I have worked all my life from the age of 15 and I am now 42. These are my first children. Even as a student I had two jobs. So after making all contributions for all those years, I would like something more back.

I don't care if you or anyone else on these boards don't like it. You people are the least of my worries.

iamana1ias wrote: »

Evidently.



Erm, really? The bolded sentance above could be read as though you think your contributions haven't already provided you with anything. In reality you are in debt (figuratively) for your own schooling (at least 11 years at something like £10k a year) and healthcare (bottomless pit, especially when supporting someone pregnant with twins). It's not all about cash handouts (or shouldn't be).

michelle1506

I think this has already been answered. For your information we forked out for costly IVF treatment which was NOT available on the NHS, which was privately funded by ourselves, so yes some of my treatment was private and not on the NHS.

pipkin71 wrote: »

Are you receiving private medical care for your ante-natal checks and will you be having your children in a private hospital?

You make it sound as though you have paid lots in and taken nothing out.

michelle1506

Yes I do think that you have a point there. I have friends who are single and married, but as they have no children they get a raw deal.

iamana1ias wrote: »

I'm legally single and won't ever have children. I've worked full time since the age of 15 (so that's 20 years done).

I'm not entitled to tax credits or other benefits. I pay over £1.5k a month in tax and NI.

When will it be my turn to get some of these extras?

clemmatis

iamana1ias wrote: »

I'm legally single and won't ever have children. I've worked full time since the age of 15 (so that's 20 years done).

I'm not entitled to tax credits or other benefits. I pay over £1.5k a month in tax and NI.

When will it be my turn to get some of these extras?

You earn too much to get means-tested benefits. So did I. I didn't see that as anything to complain about.