Can I Protect My Savings While on Benefits?

mrobsessed

Someone suggested earlier that if I had to repay a debt, for example to a close family member, for several thousand pounds, that would be deemed acceptable if the purpose for such a sum was later questioned. Is this true?

Some of my colleagues are due to get 20-30K so I better mention that they should check if they owe any cash to anyone they know.

missapril75

mrobsessed wrote: »

Someone suggested earlier that if I had to repay a debt, for example to a close family member, for several thousand pounds, that would be deemed acceptable if the purpose for such a sum was later questioned.

I imagine that for every person that says yes, another will say no.

And I'm also willing to bet that for every actual decision made one way, there's another decision for the reverse.

DWMASG

Are premium bonds safe to buy ? then take a holiday.

rogerblack

DWMASG wrote: »

Are premium bonds safe to buy ? then take a holiday.

Please don't resurrect dead threads.
It's worth noting the past posts of this poster seem to be intended solely to provoke nonconstructive debate.

atlantis187

If you putting £100 a month into a child trust fund account is this classed as being ur money or the child's?

Poppie68

graffias wrote: »

He appears to only be trying to protect his assets and minimize his losses, just as any other sane business or individual would do - I think your tone a little bit haughty. Have you seen one single banker put in jail for the financial 'crisis' (aka gigantic ponzi scam) which cost hundreds of $billions to the taxpayer? The losses due to benefits claimants hiding savings is practically zero compared with that. And indeed ALL benefits fraud only amounts to small change compared with the banking scam.

People should be allowed to hang on to their inheritance or redundancy money - expecting them to effectively throw it away is completely unreasonable.

At the end of the day the benefits system is CRIMINALIZING people by irresponsibly handing out money to them. If the govt can't be careful with their own money then that is not OUR fault - it is up THEM to ensure money only goes to the right places - if a mistake is made then it is THEIR fault, not the poor benefit claimant who is only acting reasonably in the extremely difficult circumstances they find themselves in.

Classifying savings used to actually live while (unfairly) being disqualified from benefits as 'deprivation of capital' is pretty much a human rights violation. It shows the depths of depravity this pure greed based society has now plunged into, hitting the poorest people hardest, whilst the rich are now demonstrably completely above the law - THEY ARE THE LAW.

No-one should be criminalized because of an incompetent benefits system. People with your sort of attitude make me totally sick.

The govt is effectively stealing from innocent people as are the banks and people like you stand back and applaud it.

You have resurrected a thread 1 year old...the original posters a troll who posts to provoke. Would love to know who you are insulting though!


Oh you are insulting fredandwilma aka Andy....a well known troll....
and to be perfectly honest he was correct it is fraud therefore illegal.

Poppie68

graffias wrote: »

And you agree that the activities of the banking system leading to the financial collapse of 2008 that cost the British and US tax payers over 1 TRILLION POUNDS was also 'fraud and therefore illegal' ? And you agree that no-one should have been put to jail for that ? And no-one even prosecuted at all?

And all the while redundant or bereaved Joe or Mary from ghost town in North England somewhere should go down for 12 months for failing to declare a few grand they've kept aside for essential living expenditure, like rotten windows frames or a medical bill or funeral, or some heating in the winter.

You must have practically zero concept of justice, or perhaps it is just plain ignorance.

I don't agree or disagree with anything on this thread apart form what i have already pointed out it's fraud.
I have'nt read your post as it seemed to of been rambling (sorry) on about something that is in no way relevent to the OP's question or anything any one posted in response.
I was only pointing out the thread you had trawled through the pages and resurrected is 1 year old and you responding and insulting a troll..
Insulting people seems to be a well used trait of yours .



























































Oh by the way the highlighted sentence is in fact very rude and completly out of order

tomtontom

graffias wrote: »

And you agree that the activities of the banking system leading to the financial collapse of 2008 that cost the British and US tax payers over 1 TRILLION POUNDS was also 'fraud and therefore illegal' ? And you agree that no-one should have been put to jail for that ? And no-one even prosecuted at all?

And all the while redundant or bereaved Joe or Mary from ghost town in North England somewhere should go down for 12 months for failing to declare a few grand they've kept aside for essential living expenditure, like rotten windows frames or a medical bill or funeral, or some heating in the winter.

You must have practically zero concept of justice, or perhaps it is just plain ignorance.

1. Two wrongs do not make a right.

2. Being rude to a respected member is going to do you no favours.

tomtom256

graffias wrote: »

The people go against one another pontificating about what is right and what is wrong like they are some holier-than-thou and those with petty jealousies turn their own neighbor, nay even their own brother or sister into the law.

It is disgusting and I am sick of listening to people criminalizing the poor for simply trying to survive the nightmare that is poverty in this supposedly advanced and prosperous country, whilst corrupt bankers continue to live in luxury off tax-payers money despite committing massive fraud by collusion - AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT - and every day I see in my newspaper yet another victim labelled 'fraudster' when all they did was inherit some money or got shopped by some 'friend' with a grudge.

The working class have always betrayed the working class - and that is the tragedy.

I am trying to defend those down-trodden who have no voice and it is simply my personality to be abrasive, doesn't mean I'm a bad person, sorry. :A

So committing fraud to survive is ok, what next sell drugs, thats ok, what about hitman for hire, I mean we need the money why not do it.

Poppie68

graffias wrote: »

The people go against one another pontificating about what is right and what is wrong like they are some holier-than-thou and those with petty jealousies turn their own neighbor, nay even their own brother or sister into the law.

It is disgusting and I am sick of listening to people criminalizing the poor for simply trying to survive the nightmare that is poverty in this supposedly advanced and prosperous country, whilst corrupt bankers continue to live in luxury off tax-payers money despite committing massive fraud by collusion - AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT - and every day I see in my newspaper yet another victim labelled 'fraudster' when all they did was inherit some money or got shopped by some 'friend' with a grudge.

The working class have always betrayed the working class - and that is the tragedy.

I am trying to defend those down-trodden who have no voice and it is simply my personality to be abrasive, doesn't mean I'm a bad person, sorry. :A

I'm sorry but i think you need to go and find a spot in hyde park, Speakers Corner is more suited for you protest against the rich...
You have resurrected an old thread for nothing more than a rant.
If you go onto the main page and scroll down to the very bottom you will find the Discussion Time thread it is more suited to your ideals.