How on hells earth are we supposed to manage!

bobajob_1966

stroodes wrote: »

single parents that do not work also get free meals, free healthcare and usually have full rent rebate and council tax rebate.................this is not aimed at single parents who also work and struggle, thing is single parents also or should get csa payments from absent parents, a top up as not added in with benefits already recieving, so therefore are better off.

Married couples that do not work get all that too, just under a different name.

Fiver29

stroodes wrote: »

single parents that do not work also get free meals, free healthcare and usually have full rent rebate and council tax rebate.................this is not aimed at single parents who also work and struggle, thing is single parents also or should get csa payments from absent parents, a top up as not added in with benefits already recieving, so therefore are better off.

Couples with children that do not work get free meals, free healthcare, and usually full rent rebate and council tax rebate.

Not all single parents get anything from absent parents, never mind a top up.

stroodes

well thats all right then, a totally fair system for all........................not!

morganedge

Fiver29 wrote: »

Couples with children that do not work get free meals, free healthcare, and usually full rent rebate and council tax rebate.

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Sounds like a nicer life to me, lol

stroodes

re read my post fiver I did say that not all recive it but should.

stroodes

I agree @ morgan lets all not work and recieve benefits, its only fair.

Fiver29

stroodes wrote: »

re read my post fiver I did say that not all recive it but should.

I did read it, and what I read was still stigmatising single parents, whilst not mentioning couples who choose not to work. Whether you meant it that way or not, that's how it reads.

bobajob_1966

So are we all agreed that single parents don't all have the easy ride that the media portray them to (and that any discussion of the subject is completely irrelevant to the OP's situation!)?

Fiver29

morganedge wrote: »

Sounds like a nicer life to me, lol

Go for it then. Although I suspect you won't.

stroodes

I think anybody that choses not to work be they single or couples should be penalised not subsidised, they should not live a lifestyle equivalent of someone working minimum wage, that may lead more of an incentive to work.