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27k salary, I want to buy a house in England
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JencParker wrote: »How do you pay to maintain their rental lifestyle?
Largest portion of my tax went towards welfare, presumably going towards people churning out 3 kids, being unable to afford private rent in their area & working part time a little to avoid the benefits cap that applies to those not working at all. You see a lot of people on TV (How to get a council house, Can't pay we'll take it away etc) complaining that they've lived in London all their lives & now they can't afford to but still refuse to move out the city as they feel entitled to it because they happened to be born thereMortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
Cashback sites: £900 | £30k in 2016: £30,300 (101%)0 -
Largest portion of my tax went towards welfare, presumably going towards people churning out 3 kids, being unable to afford private rent in their area & working part time a little to avoid the benefits cap that applies to those not working at all. You see a lot of people on TV (How to get a council house, Can't pay we'll take it away etc) complaining that they've lived in London all their lives & now they can't afford to but still refuse to move out the city as they feel entitled to it because they happened to be born there
Largest proportion of Welfare Spending is on State Pensions.0 -
alchemist.1 wrote: »Ivory tower comes to mind with your comments.
I wonder why tube drivers and on 50k plus. It doesn't necessarily follow that other wages will follow on the same level.
There are plenty of jobs paying close to minimum wage/minimum wage itself in London.
Suggesting to the OP that 27k is the level of pay for unskilled labour is ridiculous.
Median Gross Annual wage for Inner London is £34473 according to ONS 2014
Cloud cuckoo land comes to mind with your comment (note 'comment' and not 'comments').0 -
UrbanDanceSquad wrote: »Cloud cuckoo land comes to mind with your comment (note 'comment' and not 'comments').
Indeed,
ONS figures are made up.0 -
Largest portion of my tax went towards welfare, presumably going towards people churning out 3 kids, being unable to afford private rent in their area & working part time a little to avoid the benefits cap that applies to those not working at all. You see a lot of people on TV (How to get a council house, Can't pay we'll take it away etc) complaining that they've lived in London all their lives & now they can't afford to but still refuse to move out the city as they feel entitled to it because they happened to be born there
As someone who travels from Zone 4 to 1, one notes that those who mostly occupy Zone 1 and 2 were not 'born there'. So who is subsidising them? And to all the pl3bs who are about to exercise "freedom to be offended", I'm not talking about rich folk. All of us in our office see what is going on and we wonder why we have to pay loads to travel into Zone 1 & 2 whilst 'others' seem to occupy all the housing in Zone 1 & 2 BUT don't seem to be the...err...."city worker" types?0 -
alchemist.1 wrote: »Indeed,
ONS figures are made up.
'Indeed' they are and mainly to get your vote for the troika. Wake up please.0 -
alchemist.1 wrote: »Largest proportion of Welfare Spending is on State Pensions.
According to http://www.libdemvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/budget-breakdown.jpg State Pensions are kept outside of the welfare category. Otherwise you could say Health is the largest as it relates to people's welfareMortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
Cashback sites: £900 | £30k in 2016: £30,300 (101%)0 -
According to http://www.libdemvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/budget-breakdown.jpg State Pensions are kept outside of the welfare category. Otherwise you could say Health is the largest as it relates to people's welfare
You should learn the difference between the NHS and 'Health'. The two are very different.0 -
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UrbanDanceSquad wrote: »You should learn the difference between the NHS and 'Health'. The two are very different.
Is life saving treatment not contributing to people's welfare? Not to mention these fatties having their stomachs pumpedMortgage (Nov 15): £79,950 | Mortgage (May 19): £71,754 | Mortgage (Sep 22): £0
Cashback sites: £900 | £30k in 2016: £30,300 (101%)0
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