tax credits take 9

Natasha Whittam wrote:I made a mistake, she actually gets £400 per week in benefits on TOP of her salary.

That's £1600 per month tax free. That's higher than the national average wage!!

And you think that's fair just because she's dropped a few sprogs?

bwfc1874 wrote:What if you could provide for them but then you lost your job? Or your partner died? Or your business went under? You can't plan for these things and these low income workers who are doing everything right trying to get out of poverty deserve support.

Well done though Boggers, glad to see you putting some real opinions together mate.

bwfc1874 wrote:Genuine question to people who voted Tory on here, does the above video not piss you off in any way?

bwfc1874 wrote:I'll ignore the set for life part, as that would reserve the right to have a child to about 1% of the population which is ludicrous.

As for financially sound, who's to say these people weren't when they had kids? See my first point. The fact of the matter is this is an attack on working people and it's completely wrong, not even the mainstream media are behind it in full. Instead of setting these economic targets for recovery (which Osborne manages to miss anyway) we should be focussing on growing our economy and you do that by supporting low income families, boosting productivity and earning more in taxes. We're in real danger of going back into recession at this rate, the entire theory of austerity is flawed.

Breadman wrote:How the flippety jib is taking working tax credits away from the low paid ( paid being the operative word there - ie the salary they get for doing their job of work) "trying to dissuade people from choosing to live on benefits", rather than working?

You idiot.

It's more likely to encourage it, you plank.

I can see why you haven't made a meaningful contribution to the philosophy thread.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote:Genuine question to people who voted Tory on here, does the above video not piss you off in any way?

Politicians break promises, it's not exclusive to the Tories.

Breadman wrote:Complete bollocks.

And you know it.

Who told you that anyway - the Bolton fans at that bus stop in Aspull you pass on your way to the match?

bwfc1874 wrote:

Exact same answer as every other Tory seems to give and I don't get it. Why aren't you pissed off that they lied to you? Why just bend over and take it?

Norpig wrote:it's not subsidising having kids, its subsidising parents going out and getting a job rather than just claiming benefits and contributing nothing to society