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Family Life on Benefits « Posted: 01 February 2012 at 01:56 PM »
Have a read through this article.   What do you think having reviewed the 'clickable' chart?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16812185
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #1 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 04:15 PM »
My, My, My,-  Love the quote 'its between eating or heating' its actually between Sky tv , cigarettes, tobacco,  beer, mobile phones, holidays and eating
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #2 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 04:27 PM »
I don't think there is any mention of having holidays, FC, although I agree with what you say.   He had been unemployed for about 4 or 5 years when they had a child which is what annoys me.  They couldn't afford it then, I wouldn't have thought, so why did they have another child?  Also, is there no maintenance paid by the father of her children and if not, why not?  If so they fail to mention it.  Just a couple of unanswered questions.
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #3 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 04:43 PM »
Sorry if that was my edition whoops - doesnt really change my thoughts though
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #4 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 05:15 PM »
'We get the Sky Movies package because we're stuck in the house all week - otherwise we wouldn't have any entertainment.'

There must be over 40 free channels of entertainment available on Freeview. 


'My wife and I have mobile phones, and so do all of the teenage children. You try telling teenagers they're going to have to do without their mobiles and there'll be hell to pay.'

How about having just one landline phone for essential calls?  If the teenagers protest they can go online & use Skype.  Or they could all use a pay as you go mobile to receive calls, not to make them. 
If the family understand & accept using public transport because they can't afford cars & motorbikes they'll understand & accept using a landline or Skype because they can't afford 5 mobiles.  Mobiles are a minimum of £10 a month each.


On the cigarettes, my wife tried to give up, but she missed one appointment on the course and they threw her off it.'

Reads like an excuse.  Did she say, 'Good, there we go, now I needn't bother trying any more?'
If she missed an appointment she should re-register.


The family receive a total of £30,284.80 a year in benefits - well over......

What many working families earn.  And they have to pay tax & National Insurance on their earnings too.
Re the shopping Tesco & Morrisons are expensive.  They could try Asda & Lidl's.
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #5 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 05:54 PM »
I get no where near that Shocked Tell you I worked out I would be better on benefits, the hours are good!!!! However I would not like the stigma of it
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #6 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 06:37 PM »
Blimey wish I earned £30,000

The NHS dont throw you off the course if you miss an appointment I can absoutely vouch for that  as I work for the NHS
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #7 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 06:59 PM »
It's disgusting.  This is wrong on so many levels.  He hasn't worked for ten years because there are no jobs in his field?  Sorry, but if that was me, then I would have been looking for job in another field a looooong time ago.  It seems to me that if you need a job, you'd take what you could get.  Why did he continue to have kids when he had no means to support them? 

I have no problems with there being a safety net to catch people and help them when they fall on difficult times.  It could happen to any of us for a variety of reasons, but they should not be better off than someone that actually works for a living.   There should be a cap on benefits, both on the amount and the length of time it can be received. 
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #8 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 07:27 PM »
Quote from: Karen on 01 February 2012 at 06:59 PM
I have no problems with there being a safety net to catch people and help them when they fall on difficult times.  It could happen to any of us for a variety of reasons, but they should not be better off than someone that actually works for a living.   There should be a cap on benefits, both on the amount and the length of time it can be received. 

I agree with you 100% Karen and so does according to some opinion polls over 70% of the country. There is the usual do gooders and religious left wingers in the House of Lords who do not agree but hopefully the government will stand firm as there is good cross party support for a cap on benefits and they will enforce a cap on the money people can claim.
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Re: Family Life on Benefits « Reply #9 Posted: 01 February 2012 at 07:31 PM »
Quote from: Karen on 01 February 2012 at 06:59 PM
He hasn't worked for ten years because there are no jobs in his field?  Sorry, but if that was me, then I would have been looking for job in another field a looooong time ago.  It seems to me that if you need a job, you'd take what you could get. 

That's perfectly correct, Karen.  I worked in the food industry from when I left school until I was made redundant in 2000 and knew that I couldn't expect to continue in that field so I took the opportunity to diverse at the age of 53 and what could be more different than boatbuilding for which I did a training course at the local IBTC.
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