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Is it fair that CB is paid to families where one or more adult smokes? The cost

The_White_Horse
The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
edited 9 January 2013 at 11:23AM in Debate House Prices & the Economy
of smoking (a packet a day) is more than the CB - so why should these people get the Govt to fund their anti social habit?

why can they not give up smoking and spend this money on their children????????????????

this would save the Govt more money than their current balls up of a scheme and is far fairer.

to be honest, i would rather a middle class family saved the CB for their child's university fees, or spent it on ballet lessons for annabella, than some fat chav smoking it whilst sitting on her couch in her pyjamas watching jeremy kyle and wonga ads.
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    It's getting tedious now ;)
  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    It's getting tedious now ;)

    so you agree
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    If you got a part time job using the time you spent moaning on here about the supposed iniquity of you losing a tiny amount of money then I reckon you'd be up on the deal.
  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    If you got a part time job using the time you spent moaning on here about the supposed iniquity of you losing a tiny amount of money then I reckon you'd be up on the deal.
    that is probably true, but this is more fun.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    Combo Breaker First Post
    The_White_Horse wrote: »
    that is probably true, but this is more fun.

    For you.....
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    The_White_Horse wrote: »
    ... some fat chav smoking it whilst sitting on her couch in her pyjamas watching jeremy kyle and wonga ads.

    Priceless !! Please keep posting if only for the entertainment value.
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    I think TWH has a secret crush on DLW.
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    Wookster wrote: »
    I think TWH has a secret crush on DLW.


    Could we get them both on Jeremy Kyle ?
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • Carl31
    Carl31 Posts: 2,616 Forumite
    First Anniversary Name Dropper First Post Combo Breaker
    I've always thought that benefits should be issued in vouchers, so they can be used in numerous places, but only for the items they are supposed to be intended for, so food and utilities etc...
  • the_flying_pig
    the_flying_pig Posts: 2,349 Forumite
    The_White_Horse wrote: »
    of smoking (a packet a day)
    Is it fair that CB is paid to families where one or moreadult smokes? The cost is more than the CB - so why should these people get the Govt to fund their anti social habit?

    why can they not give up smoking and spend this money on their children????????????????

    this would save the Govt more money than their current balls up of a scheme and is far fairer.

    to be honest, i would rather a middle class family saved the CB for their child's university fees, or spent it on ballet lessons for annabella, than some fat chav smoking it whilst sitting on her couch in her pyjamas watching jeremy kyle and wonga ads.

    that's quite a, uh, paternalistic attitude for someone who frequently claims to have a strong libertarian streak.

    personally, well, i know well enough that parents such as the ones you describe exist in large numbers... at the roughish primary school i went to around half the kids were drawn from a big council estate &, yes, there was a a fair number of people like this.

    to be honest i do feel, well, a streak of contempt for them, a streak of despair at the way they bring their kids up. but the 'solutions' that you seem to be suggesting, well, to the extent that you put any forward they're not even worthy of comment.
    FACT.
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