Cost of child-care makes working pointless for all but the most well paid mothers

ILW

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

You're right. People shouldn't let their kids behave like that.

But in my experience, far too many do.

And just to get my point on the record here, I don't hate kids. I do however think that far too many parents have no idea how to control their children's behaviour in public, and have no idea what acceptable public behaviour is.

For once I agree 100% with you.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

ruggedtoast wrote: »

No he isn't. Period.

Generation X and Y are all paying for people to have pensions we will never receive ourselves.

We are Generation X, and we pay more in tax alone every year than the average household earns in total.

I don't like paying as much tax as I do, but of all the reasons why, that one doesn't even register on the radar.

The old of today have paid in all their lives expecting a pension and healthcare to be there. It should be there. End of story.

I don't expect to get the same benefits, and am planning accordingly.

But I don't resent paying for todays pensioners to get what they are owed.

PaulF81

hang on hamish, i am no longer getting what i was promised when i entered the workplace (owed?) part of that adjustment is due to the fact no adjustment was made to current recipients.

that fundamentally needs correction. together with cuts to the cuts to the nhs and less life prolonging procedures, instead focussing on quality of remaining life that will
1) be cheaper
2) will reduce the average life expectancy of pensioners and thus further cut the deficit.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

PaulF81 wrote: »

together with cuts to the cuts to the nhs and less life prolonging procedures, instead focussing on quality of remaining life that will
1) be cheaper
2) will reduce the average life expectancy of pensioners and thus further cut the deficit.

Couldnt disagree more.

You're an idiot if you think killing old people is a good way to tackle a deficit problem.

ILW

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Couldnt disagree more.

You're an idiot if you think killing old people is a good way to tackle a deficit problem.

Better to kill young people, the parts are worth quite a lot.

PasturesNew

Generali wouldn't ever call anybody childless scum..... would he? If he did he'd know I'd be over there to kick his 4rse....

antrobus

suburbanwifey wrote: »

Don't you mean a state pension funded by HIS taxes and NIC he paid ALL HIS LIFE! He earned his pension and his right to ride in an ambulance by paying his own contributions all his life.

You are misinformed. HIS taxes and NIC he paid ALL HIS LIFE have already been spent. The funding of his state pension, NHS care, etc etc will be entirely dependent on there being other people paying tax and NIC. If there aren't any, then he's .....

suburbanwifey wrote: »

You call him scum? what does that make you?

Someone having an argument on an internet forum.

wymondham

We don't value those that look after children. If you look at earnings, those who look after children are paid very poorly, which is bizzare considering how important this is!

My wife would love to work with children - she is a PA at present but can't afford to HALF her wage in order to look after human beings rather than piles of paper!

ILW

wymondham wrote: »

We don't value those that look after children. If you look at earnings, those who look after children are paid very poorly, which is bizzare considering how important this is!

My wife would love to work with children - she is a PA at present but can't afford to HALF her wage in order to look after human beings rather than piles of paper!

Halve it again if you want to look at looking after vulnerable adults.

JanCee

Generali wrote: »

I love posts like this because they remind me why I left the UK. It's a terrible country to raise kids because there are so many child haters there.

One tongue in cheek comment on the internet doesn't make the UK a nation of child haters.