Tax credits, is this true?

Wee_Willy_Harris

merlin68 wrote: »

I hope your baby is happy and healthy then. I have one disabled dd. It can happen to anyone. Carers allowance is compensation really for not being able to work as many hours. You can earn up to £100 a week and still claim it.
My dd was tube fed for 2 years, what nursery would have the skills to deal with that? None. she is now at a special school.

Carers allowance is also a very economical way of supplying a care provision. To replace the work of carers on an employed basis (Home nursing, hospitalisation, health visitors etc etc etc) would require either a MASSIVE extension of the NHS or health insurance premiums which would make your eyes water.

charlieismydarling

I am not taking it personally. I don't get benefits and I don't have a disabled child.

I do however have a lot of knowledge on both areas, which clearly you do not by suggesting that a disabled child is put into nursery so the carer can work.

I would remind you that you initially asked if you could claim any benefits. You have worked how many years? 10? 15?

I have worked over double that and it wouldn't enter my head to consider that. They are there for the needy.

Wee_Willy_Harris

Jessikita1983 wrote: »

I'm glad you got the CSA situation resolved. Now the parent is paying for their own child, this could be deducted from the state contribution, so he is paying for his own child and not merely topping up state benefits.

Oh yeah. We wouldn't want the child to benefit from the actions of a responsible parent. The registry office better get a big, rubber "FATHER UNKNOWN" stamp made.

kingfisherblue

Jessikita1983 wrote: »

Not necessarily, a physical disability no problem.

"ADHD" or whatever the made up condition for naughty, lacking discipline kids, it is called YES.

I object to paying carer's allowance for a parent of a child under 5 years old. If you find that personal and offensive so be it. If I stayed at home with my child, I would only get the ordinary benefit. To be paid a seperate benefit to look after your own child when you would be caring for a child that age anyway is taking the welfare state too far.

My son does not have ADHD or any behavioural problems. He has, among other conditions, learning difficulties, Down's syndrome, asthma, gastro-oesophageal reflux, hypothyroidism, hypermobile joints which cause a great deal of pain. He also has several rare conditions that affect his swallowing, peristalsis, stomach and duodenum. He has severe feeding difficulties and was tube fed via a naso-gastric tube for a few months after his birth - he cannot have a permanant tube into his stomach, as he has had too much internal surgery for the surgeon to risk it. He has hearing loss and poor eyesight. He has physical problems with his speech (as well as the learning difficulty, which adds to speech difficulties), so he cannot physically produce certain sounds. I could go on.

I had no choice but to give up work. It wasn't a decision I made lightly, and nor do other carers choose to give up employment without thinking it through very carefully.

You have the right to your opinion, but do you know how offensive you sound?

Jessikita1983

merlin68 wrote: »

I hope your baby is happy and healthy then. I have one disabled dd. It can happen to anyone. Carers allowance is compensation really for not being able to work as many hours. You can earn up to £100 a week and still claim it.
My dd was tube fed for 2 years, what nursery would have the skills to deal with that? None. she is now at a special school.
Someone I went to school with used to take the pee. What happenned to him? oh a very seriously disabled child.

I really do not understand how one question of mine about TC's and an off the cuff comment has turn into somehow painting me as someone that hates disabled people etc. And think that they all belong in homes or the like! Trust me this is not the case.

When I made my comments I was referring to a specific section of society, that I have continually talked about in my previous posts.

I agree a VERY small section of society do need benefits, disabled people, people who fall on hard times, i.e. made redundant, awaiting for an operations, which is why I feel these type of benefits should be capped at 5 years or 10% of your working life.

I will never ever agree with paying people to live their whole life, never done a days work why they continue to pop out kids and expect the state to pay!

If you do not like or agree with my opinion fair enough! See my auto signature for my feelings on that!

merlin68

Perhaps i should have sued the NHS for the 4 scans I had that didn't pick up Dd's cleft palette and learning dissabilities eh. Plus the fact that she was born a month early by a planned c section, as she was small for dates.
I reckon she must of cost the NHS thousands. Her last 2 surgeries were woth about £150,000. cross transverse nerve grafting. Plus the 3 palette op,s she's had.
Three year's in a special school isn't cheap either.
Most of her DLA goes on travelling to various specialists round the country and respite care.

Jessikita1983

charlieismydarling wrote: »

I am not taking it personally. I don't get benefits and I don't have a disabled child.

I do however have a lot of knowledge on both areas, which clearly you do not by suggesting that a disabled child is put into nursery so the carer can work.

I would remind you that you initially asked if you could claim any benefits. You have worked how many years? 10? 15? I asked if I could claim one benefit, not any benefits! I enquired about a benefit I have paid for others to be on at my income level for around the last 10 years!

I have worked over double that and it wouldn't enter my head to consider that. They are there for the needy.

This is my point exactly, I do not feel a lot of people (disabled EXCLUDED before you all start again) are NEEDY of benefits.

And that is my point exactly, I have paid for other NON-needy couple to have tax credits on my income level for the last years, now it is my "turn" I will get nothing. If you consider that a selfish attitude then so be it.

Jessikita1983

merlin68 wrote: »

Perhaps i should have sued the NHS for the 4 scans I had that didn't pick up Dd's cleft palette and learning dissabilities eh. Plus the fact that she was born a month early by a planned c section, as she was small for dates.
I reckon she must of cost the NHS thousands. Her last 2 surgeries were woth about £150,000. cross transverse nerve grafting. Plus the 3 palette op,s she's had.
Three year's in a special school isn't cheap either.
Most of her DLA goes on travelling to various specialists round the country and respite care.

See post 106 for clarification. I was really not going after disabled people!!!

merlin68

I agree with you on that one. Oh brother never worked got about 8 kids. He won't work as he would have to pay maintenance. His up all night and asleep all day. Th kids are in rags and eat takeaways permently. To top it all he gets about £700 a week in benefits, for the 5 kids he lives with.
They were talking about having another one.

Jessikita1983

kingfisherblue wrote: »

My son does not have ADHD or any behavioural problems. He has, among other conditions, learning difficulties, Down's syndrome, asthma, gastro-oesophageal reflux, hypothyroidism, hypermobile joints which cause a great deal of pain. He also has several rare conditions that affect his swallowing, peristalsis, stomach and duodenum. He has severe feeding difficulties and was tube fed via a naso-gastric tube for a few months after his birth - he cannot have a permanant tube into his stomach, as he has had too much internal surgery for the surgeon to risk it. He has hearing loss and poor eyesight. He has physical problems with his speech (as well as the learning difficulty, which adds to speech difficulties), so he cannot physically produce certain sounds. I could go on.

I had no choice but to give up work. It wasn't a decision I made lightly, and nor do other carers choose to give up employment without thinking it through very carefully.

You have the right to your opinion, but do you know how offensive you sound?

See quote 106 for further clarification of my comments.

If you find my comments offensive, I suggest to do not continue to choose to ask me questions/opinions on something if you think you may not like the answer.

That is part of life, I find loads of things offensive, but that is the way it is.