Child bennefit cuts

5 Oct 2010

Good idea, I mentioned this ages ago.
Bad execution though sad

If you cant be bothered to do it properly then dont do it at all. Not going to link to an article but the general gist is if one of two parents earns enough to pay the higher rate of tax you wont get child benefit anymore. However if there are two of you earning £1 under the higher tax bracket each then you still get it confused

Roughly this means a family on just over 44k wont get it but some earning more than 85k will
Bad Torys :twisted:
Luckily this wont effect me. This would be the kind of injustice and insensitivity that if it did effect me would make me incredibly angry no matter who brought it in.

5 Oct 2010

Tweeky, there's a thread already running about this:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/331504.html

5 Oct 2010

Quote by Freckledbird
Tweeky, there's a thread already running about this:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/331504.html

Then it should have a better title. I didnt want to debate the entire conference which is what that thread title suggests. Therefore I never opened it.

5 Oct 2010

Quote by tweeky
Tweeky, there's a thread already running about this:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/331504.html

Then it should have a better title. I didnt want to debate the entire conference which is what that thread title suggests. Therefore I never opened it.
I agree, it should.

5 Oct 2010

Quote by flower411
Tweeky, there's a thread already running about this:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/331504.html

Then it should have a better title. I didnt want to debate the entire conference which is what that thread title suggests. Therefore I never opened it.
I agree, it should.
Maybe they were just preempting the thread going off at a tangent ! dunno

Maybe they were. I don't care though really. I still read it.

5 Oct 2010

Quote by tweeky
Good idea, I mentioned this ages ago.
Bad execution though If you cant be bothered to do it properly then dont do it at all. Not going to link to an article but the general gist is if one of two parents earns enough to pay the higher rate of tax you wont get child benefit anymore. However if there are two of you earning £1 under the higher tax bracket each then you still get it Roughly this means a family on just over 44k wont get it but some earning more than 85k will
Bad Torys :twisted:
Luckily this wont effect me. This would be the kind of injustice and insensitivity that if it did effect me would make me incredibly angry no matter who brought it in.

I am disappointed with the duel income anomaly, but if that gets sorted I feel this is a good idea

5 Oct 2010

Quote by flower411
The dual income thing is because it is generally women that receive the child benefit and it is assumed that couples have separate incomes and expenses.
It`s a whole crock of sexist shit that continues into all sorts of other stuff affecting people in custody disputes. It`s simple reactionary crap that one would expect from ignorant tories. Personally I would have liked to have seen something a bit more 21st century.

Women got the child benefits paid to them originally as the men would just piss the extra money down the pub. It was a way of women getting at least some money. Yes of course though times have now changed.
As someone that thinks it is " a whole crock of sexist shit ", when the married mans tax allowance was paid to men only, as I presume you was married, did you get the tax allowance...or your wife?
The married mans allowance was paid to the man, and child benefit is paid to the woman.....seems both are sexist unless of course you are the one getting the money.
Just giving an example of how things can work both ways.

5 Oct 2010

so a universal benefit will no longer be. but thats o.k. it dont affect me.
means test disability benefit. but thats o.k. it dont affect me. yet.
cut jobs seekers allowance and housing benefit. but thats o.k. it dont affect me. yet.
slash infrastructure projects. but thats o.k. it dont affect me. yet.
cut pensions and make us work till older. but thats o.k. it dont affect me. yet.
sack council workers and make cuts. but thats o.k. it dont affect me. yet.
cut soldiers wages. but thats o.k. i got soul but i aint a soldier.
start new wars, we can afford it. but thats o.k. i aint being bombed. yet.
create money out of thin air and give it to banks for a lendin. but thats o.k.
it dont affect me. yet.
but anyway, we gotta pay it back at interest and bankers gotta have bonuses and we gotta have austerity. but thats o.k.
it dont affect me. YET.

6 Oct 2010

Quote by tweeky
Tweeky, there's a thread already running about this:
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/331504.html

Then it should have a better title. I didnt want to debate the entire conference which is what that thread title suggests. Therefore I never opened it.
No sooner asked, than done :thumbup: