Child Benefit & Child Maintenance

gettingtheresometime

I used to work, as a second job on top of my 40 hr week main job, in a bingo hall and there were a brother and sister who had 12 children between them simply because of the benefits they could get.

I refused to contribute to a present each time a baby was born as I felt I would be contributing via my taxes.

The trouble with relying on any aspect of the benefit system is that if the political will is there you can come to a very sticky end quite quickly and I can't for the life of me see why you would put yourself in that position voluntarily.

princesstippytoes

missbiggles1 wrote: »

^^^^^
As above.

Also, which goes some way to explaining some people's bewilderment with pigpen's attitude, is the fact that several of us were recently involved with her in a thread about HE funding, where she was very vehement (and also rude) about the need for adults to be independent and pay their own way.

She was particularly angry with the attitude of entitlement that she feels is prevalent today - obviously with no sense of irony whatsoever.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5386779

Just looked at that thread again only to find the couple of posts I made on it, none of which were remotely abusive, have been deleted. Seems like you aren't allowed to question Pigpen without being reported.

Loanranger

Pigpen has eleven children and is now expecting a twelfth child? Hardly credible that an educated person cannot see the link between putting food on her table and the number of children she has borne.