Benefits RANT!

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

It could be argued that if she doesn't need that much money, she shouldn't take all the benefits available. Not sure many people in this day and age would choose that option mind.

Think if you qualify then its all automatically paid out, whether you want it or not.

A similar thing where a multi millionaire was automatically getting sent a cheque for his state pension or winter heating allowance allowance because of his age he qualified.

He quite clearly didn't need it, but when he tried to pay it back, he was told that there was no mechanisum to do that. Crazy

Really? I thought you'd be given a list of things you're entitled to with an associated value and you'd tick what you wanted. Shows how much I know! (and I appreciate that very much indeed)

[Bibio]

blooooody hell. i wish i was left with £600 a month after paying everything. with me being tight and not spending nowt on luxury things like new suites, clothes etc.etc i get about £40-50 to a wk for nice things like a takaway meal and going out on the sunday. and i have 2 teens and a disabled wife...

The government consider being employed for 16 hours a week to be full time employment. As a single parent if I work less than 16 hours I lose everything over the first £20 so theres no incentive to do more. Once you work 16 hours you no longer qualify for Income support and move onto working tax credits so basically get to keep all previous benefits PLUS your wages. Im desperately trying to find something 16 hours or more but still want to be there to collect the kids from school, its not easy. I could put them im after school club but call me old fashioned, I'd rather look after my kids myself and know what theyre getting up to!!

[Littlepeahead]

I think Peter Stringfellow recently complained he was getting pension, fuel allowance and a bus pass and couldn't stop this payout. If he is a decent man then he'd donate the sum to Help the Aged.

My sister has two kids, the dad now un-contactable and the only thing she gets for them is the child benefit. For herself it's the most basic disability benefit as she isn't well enough to work at the moment. She lives with my mum but because the house has a mortgage in Dad's name my sister cannot claim any other benefits towards housing costs yet if she demanded it they'd have to give her a flat with housing benefit.

She'd like to work part time but then she'd be even worse off as she'd lose what few benefits she does get, including free prescriptions for her medication.

The system is all wrong.

I myself being 16 (17 in a month) attending collagedoing a full time course, no EMA or fund's avalible to me bit confused what's going on. it starts to get annoying that my wonderfull £2 dinner ticket is only good for a sausage roll and a small bottle of water.. for the hole day ? somedays from 7:00 in morning till 7:30 at night just isnt enough to be living on.. nevermind being with mates whome can quite happily go shop and buy a bottle of coke & a packet of crisps :/

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Wow, more than I have left at the moment.....think I need to bump Pete off

think I need a kid*!


*warning, this is not a request.

I was talking/being ranted at about benefits this morning by a customer funnily enough. He'd been reading about a family managing to total up £37k a year from benefits alone, I was gobsmacked!

Found the story here: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/206606

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

think I need a kid*!

Unless I am missing something you need to talk to YC about this one, not the ORG....

Originally Posted by theboatman

Unless I am missing something you need to talk to YC about this one, not the ORG....

yeah, you missed the asterisk