Tax Credit withdrawal rate means we work for 30p/£1!!!

bonnie_2

They have to have a threshold and it is £25,000,we're all in the same boat and there is not a lot you can do about it. As a single parent on benifit you would get about £8000 a year so can't see how you would be better of. We are £70 a week better of by working.

grahamliza4

A single parent entitledto.com says I could get my rent paid, my council tax, at least £600 in cash benefits plus free healthcare, milk/veg tokens, the full 80% of my childcare costs, etc, free study costs. All in all about £15k - the equivalent of a £20000 salary! Why would i want a husband when they'll pay me not to have him here?

:rotfl:

(Aside from fact that I love him very much and posess basic human desire to make a home with a mate and bear his children which I then want to look after, etc, of course? Perhaps this is too primitive and basic a concept to be considered by the SYSTEM)

Scarlett1

grahamliza4 wrote: »

A single parent entitledto.com says I could get my rent paid, my council tax, at least £600 in cash benefits plus free healthcare, milk/veg tokens, the full 80% of my childcare costs, etc, free study costs. All in all about £15k - the equivalent of a £20000 salary! Why would i want a husband when they'll pay me not to have him here?

:rotfl:

(Aside from fact that I love him very much and posess basic human desire to make a home with a mate and bear his children which I then want to look after, etc, of course? Perhaps this is too primitive and basic a concept to be considered by the SYSTEM)

dont you think its better to have a husband who brings in a wage rather than be on your own bringing up children ? its your choice to work partime, why dont you get a fulltime job then you would have more money, or is that rocket science :rotfl:

grahamliza4

Scarlett1 wrote: »

dont you think its better to have a husband who brings in a wage rather than be on your own bringing up children ? its your choice to work partime, why dont you get a fulltime job then you would have more money, or is that rocket science :rotfl:

ARRGGHHH!!!!

My point is I shouldn't have to put my two babies in daycare full time to work to earn enough to live on!

There should be allowances to enable women to raise their own kids the way nature intended!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

TheWaltons_3

Scarlett1 wrote: »

a 25k joint income and you feel hard done by compared to single parents ? :rolleyes:

That's REALLY unfair for you to say - it is well known that lone parents do far better on Tax Credits. Indeed, if I were a single mum of 3 children, my Tax Credits award would far exceed my husbands salary by far - with me doing less hours!

astonsmummy

grahamliza4 wrote: »

A single parent entitledto.com says I could get my rent paid, my council tax, at least £600 in cash benefits plus free healthcare, milk/veg tokens, the full 80% of my childcare costs, etc, free study costs. All in all about £15k - the equivalent of a £20000 salary! Why would i want a husband when they'll pay me not to have him here?

:rotfl:

(Aside from fact that I love him very much and posess basic human desire to make a home with a mate and bear his children which I then want to look after, etc, of course? Perhaps this is too primitive and basic a concept to be considered by the SYSTEM)

I think you should count youself lucky that you have a husband and your chilren have a father that is there and stop bloody whining.

TheWaltons_3

Scarlett1 wrote: »

dont you think its better to have a husband who brings in a wage rather than be on your own bringing up children ? its your choice to work partime, why dont you get a fulltime job then you would have more money, or is that rocket science :rotfl:

Why should she HAVE to have a full time job? The sad state of affairs is that Mums have to find work to be able to live - not lavishly - just bloody well exist. Don't you think many Mums would love to be able to stay with their children every day without being so stressed out over bills?


It's all very well being a SAHM whilst your husband works his backside off to barely cover the bills. Yeah it's beneficial to the children being with them until they start school, but in todays society, it is totally unrealistic.

EVERYTHING goes up year by year but the wages don't.

Tax Credits are brilliant for me, I get 80% of my Childcare costs paid for enabling me to earn money to buy the food, run the car.. etc

grahamliza4

astonsmummy wrote: »

I think you should count youself lucky that you have a husband and your chilren have a father that is there and stop bloody whining.

Beware the green eyed monster.................

:rotfl:

TheWaltons_3

astonsmummy wrote: »

I think you should count youself lucky that you have a husband and your chilren have a father that is there and stop bloody whining.

Another totally uncalled for post.

Married couples don't get thanked for staying together and trying to raise well balanced children - lone parents get much more help. Sad thing is, alot of them CHOOSE to be single for the financial side of things. I know many people who stay single on purpose to get more money - the same people who would say how awful it is that the Dad isn't around.

Makes you sick really. Why should lone parents do better?

Seeing as this thread has degenerated into low comments, here's my own.

Lone parents shouldn't expect others to pay for the mistakes they have made in either having children to the wrong men, being unable to maintain a stable and loving home life... putting finances above their childrens needs... blah blah...

The original poster is perfectly entitled to her opinion without being shot down by flames.

And we should all count ourselves lucky that there is a Tax Credit System.. a NHS... and all the rest of it.

TheWaltons_3

grahamliza4 wrote: »

Beware the green eyed monster.................

:rotfl:

Some women just don't know how to keep their men