OK So I have read the majority of the postings in this section and most appear to think of "today". Being a marrieed couple we started a family 20 years ago and kept it to 1 child, mainly because we felt that anymore would make life difficult and sustaining our standard of living even more difficult. We paid for child care from 3 months through to secondary school, very expensive as there were no benefits for child care. Were we before off? Financially we were much better off but my wife would have loved to stay at home but it just wasn't part of our upbring. Its time the government started to clamp down on benefits and they have to start some where. Where I live I see a lot of benefit manipulation. Young mothers who think its there right to have uncountable children because it increases the income. Couples who run 2 houses, on benefit, in case the benefit team catch them under the same roof. It all happens out there and it should be stopped. I strongly beleive it should be targetted at the worse long term offenders and I do not class a mother with an autistic child as a "worse offender" There are far
more out there and they know who they are.
Some have windged about the "fat cats" but at least they get up every day and work.
Good luck to the government I say, I hope they target it correctly and make a difference for the sake of all those who wouldnt dream of cheating.
What gets right on my titties are the families who keep having more and more children and seem to expect the council to dish out for them, hand benefits on a plate.
We don't have a family, but (in best case scenario - i'm not talking about exceptions to this here which of course there will be)we would plan a family around what we could afford.
If i lived in a one bedroomed house, i would never dream of having 8 kids. I couldn't afford it.
Yet people do, and it seems to be a given that they will be handed that nice 6 bedroomed council house on a plate, with extra benefits sprinkled on top.
Yes a sweeping generalisation, but at the momemt, because it can happen, it does happen.
I might love to have 8 kids running about, but i know that is something i could never afford, and i certainly wouldn't want all the other taxpayers funding my offspring, and it makes me so mad when you do see that happening.
I think it can only be a good thing, although i see it more hurting those who do actually need the money and for those who just can't work.
M xx
I was first after day one, I aint anymore though. Going downwards big time.
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