New job not going so well

MissSarah1972

falko89 wrote: »

Your kind of attitude always baffled me, same when there was a big kick up about doing away with Child Benefit for high earners, You can afford it, its there for those of us earning pittance who without it we would struggle, same with tax credits, they are there for the same reasons, £50k+ of a salary is hardly living in poverty.

I for one do not believe in tax credits or child benefit so there

You make a choice to have a child and no one forces you. Besides you can get Child beneift for all children you have even if you have never worked!

MissSarah1972

falko89 wrote: »

Do you like trying to start an argument with every post? Yes I know she doesn't earn enough to pay tax, I just don't know what that threshold is these days as I know its been raised.

Not at all but I have seen a lot of threads you start and to be honest some of them are laughable.

You don't know the threshold? So you never got a P45 when you signed off? Or never looked it up?

falko89

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

I for one do not believe in tax credits or child benefit so there

You make a choice to have a child and no one forces you. Besides you can get Child beneift for all children you have even if you have never worked!

Without them having a baby would only be an option for the well off, you'd also have a bigger problem with child poverty which is already high in Britain being at over 30% at the moment, I don't believe in tax credits, the government shouldn't have to subsidise employers.

mildred1978

falko89 wrote: »

Without them having a baby would only be an option for the well off, you'd also have a bigger problem with child poverty which is already high in Britain being at over 30% at the moment, I don't believe in tax credits, the government shouldn't have to subsidise employers.

The indicators for child poverty in this country are a joke. A child is apparently impoverished if they don't have branded trainers or hot and cold running games consoles. Compared with 3rd works children no child in the UK is really suffering.

At 34 I became a mum and was given child benefit. You're right, I don't need it, so it goes straight into my son's account for the future. I don't agree with tax credits or a minimum wage.

mildred1978

falko89 wrote: »

Your kind of attitude always baffled me, same when there was a big kick up about doing away with Child Benefit for high earners, You can afford it, its there for those of us earning pittance who without it we would struggle, same with tax credits, they are there for the same reasons, £50k+ of a salary is hardly living in poverty.

Perhaps you're earning a pittance because you spend more time whining about/justifying why you shouldn't work than actually working. You think my OH and I's business makes a profit of £100k+ per annum through luck, do you?

Emmzi

Mildred, you seem to be missing the point that he is actually working. He's allowed to not like it!!

Also (to all) the place for discussion of the rights and wrongs of benefits policy is discussion time.

DCFC79

falko89 wrote: »

Hardly as I going out the door on the way home when I got it, just wondered is this something that happens after you've been unemployed for a while?

I was taxed straight away when i started current job after being unemployed for 5 months

MissSarah1972

After all his moaning that he cant get a job and there are no jobs out there think yourself lucky, luckier than most of us here!

mildred1978

Emmzi wrote: »

Mildred, you seem to be missing the point that he is actually working. He's allowed to not like it!!

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True. But from the start of this thread the OP has been on about packing it in.

smi85

falko89 wrote: »

While I agree in principle with what you say its a very old school attitude, these days things are very different, we clock up almost £700 a month in child tax credits / child benefits whether we work or not, same with every house in the UK with children and low wages or unemployed, would be a different story now if you earned say £50k+ a year and were not entitled to tax credits

I'm 27 years old so you can hardly call me "old school". Regardless of my income, I pride myself in having a routine, getting up in the morning to go work and most of all providing for a family. Whether the tax credits are there or not, I'd still jump through hoops, it's not about wage thresholds or how much I "clock up", it's about personal pride. While I would happily take all help available to me if it was needed, I go on the principle that I am not owed a living from the state.

I think you need to quit with the self-pity, get your head down til something better comes up and concentrate on providing the best for your family instead of wishing your life away on an internet forum.