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Child Benefit Farce

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    I think I should pay it out of my salary. what i am proposing is that I don't have to pay for others including people on 98K. your problem with that is...

    Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh. I wanna I waannaa I wwwwaaaannnnaaa.


    IT'S NOT FAAAAAAIIIIR.
  • Generali wrote: »
    Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh. I wanna I waannaa I wwwwaaaannnnaaa.


    IT'S NOT FAAAAAAIIIIR.

    as always with the lefty, when they realise they are wrong they resort to this. you did however forget to label me as racist, homophobic or xenophobic, so well done there.

    Lefties - the empty can rattles the most.

    and anyway, just as a point of principle, what is wrong with commenting on something that isn't fair? this is what literally sickens me about the lefty - it is fine for you to discriminate againt high earners because of your jealousy or whatever hippy dippy crap you come up with because the LEFT has decreed that that discrimination is ok.

    if a black man is not given a job because he is black - why don't you say to him "whaaaaa whaaaaaaa it's not fair, whaaaaaaa life isn't fair"

    i'll tell you, because you are a deranged lefty. if YOU think something is unfair, then it must be stopped - but if YOU don't think it is unfair, then you take the pi55.

    Until you tell that to a black man, or a gay man or whatever, then your argument means nothing.

    Lefties - scourge of the world and possible the most destructive creature on it.

    I HATE LEFTIES.
  • Let's have a lefty example

    Gay man does not get a job because he is gay. Lefty: "that is so, like totally unfair man, that is like, so not on. You have done nothing wrong, you were born this way. this is a disgrace"

    Family with one earner on 60K and three kids loses benefits and may struggle. Family on 98k with one kid collects full amount. Person on 60k questions the fairness of this policy. Lefty: whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa iwant I want, just because you pay loads of tax doesn't mean you are entitled to ever see 1penny of it back, you shameless fool. don't you realise some people earn less than you?? whaaaaaaa whaaaaaaa"

    What is the difference? the imbecile lefty has decreed that the second form of discrimination is fine. Because it is.

    Thanks lefty.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    I HATE LEFTIES.

    You want someone else to pay your bills which makes you the leftie scum you claim to hate so much.

    You are a rent seeker.
  • Generali wrote: »
    You want someone else to pay your bills which makes you the leftie scum you claim to hate so much.

    You are a rent seeker.

    I don't want anyone else to be the bills. I cover them quite well. I pay HUNDREDS of pounds a week in tax. Is it too much to get twenty quid back???

    I want some of MY money back. I am not expecting anyone else to pay.

    Put is this way, if I paid zero in, I would expect to get zero out. The fact is, I pay a shed load in, and i DO expect something back. Now my small something back is being taken away and I am angry about it. I am even more angry because people who pay less individually but end up with more combined are still getting their rebate.

    I have righteous anger.

    I am right and nothing you can ever say will change my mind. I know that there are people struggling on £25k or whatever, but that ain't my problem. They get enough of my money already in all their other benefits and tax credits.
  • rtho782
    rtho782 Posts: 1,189 Forumite
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    Any progress towards cutting child benefit entirely is good in my opinion.

    Why should I subsidise those that choose to have kids? There are enough financial penalties for being single as it is.
  • Blue22
    Blue22 Posts: 363 Forumite
    rtho782 wrote: »
    Why should I subsidise those that choose to have kids? There are enough financial penalties for being single as it is.

    Any examples of the financial penaltys that a single person 'suffers' in comparison to a sole wage earner supporting a partner and 2 kids?
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    I don't want anyone else to be the bills. I cover them quite well. I pay HUNDREDS of pounds a week in tax. Is it too much to get twenty quid back???

    What hope is there of dealing with entitlement issues when even someone on your income has an incurable case of entitlement? You've shown yourself up for what you are.

    I'm losing the benefit too and whilst I don't need the money will still miss it. I'm a little 'sniffy' too about people with high joint incomes still being able to claim - the government will get around to them in time - relax.

    I'm going to take the opportunity to do something that I should have done years ago and cancel Sky and drink a few less bottles red wine every month. I certainly won't be rewarding the government by reducing my tax free savings.
  • wotsthat wrote: »
    What hope is there of dealing with entitlement issues when even someone on your income has an incurable case of entitlement? You've shown yourself up for what you are.

    I'm losing the benefit too and whilst I don't need the money will still miss it. I'm a little 'sniffy' too about people with high joint incomes still being able to claim - the government will get around to them in time - relax.

    I'm going to take the opportunity to do something that I should have done years ago and cancel Sky and drink a few less bottles red wine every month. I certainly won't be rewarding the government by reducing my tax free savings.

    entitled to my own salary? yes.
  • rtho782 wrote: »
    Any progress towards cutting child benefit entirely is good in my opinion.

    Why should I subsidise those that choose to have kids? There are enough financial penalties for being single as it is.

    but yet when you are old and have no kids to help look after you, you will expect other people's kids to look after you (in respect of their taxes and their professional expertise). people like you are extremely short sighted.
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