Isn't that because people are no longer taxed as a couple, star?
Remind me, which party changed the rules?
Star - you need to look out of the bubble a bit more and set your goals a bit higher than they appear to be at the moment. You just sound envious, full of bitterness and consumed with negativity.
We live in a free country where we all have had the ability (and still do) to change our lives instead of moaning about the unfairness of it. Unfortunately, life is not fair in this big bad world and increasingly we will all have to apply ourselves that much harder to get by - or we can moan about how unfair life is, whilst slipping further and deeper underwater.
PS - I would be surprised at any family earning £100,000 a year claiming child benefit/credit - whatever it is called - on top. A bit of petty cash is all it would amount to - I certainly would not be bothered wasting my personal time to make a claim every week/month however it is dished out. You could spend more in wasted time/fuel than you would get back in credit/benefit.
and New labour now, star?
I'm not certain that calling John Prescott a Tory would go down well in the Hull Labour Club that he frequented (maybe still does) - not if you treasure your kneecaps that is! Seamen and dockers aren't known for their subtlety I'm reliably informed. A fish hook through your gullet or a punch in the face is more their style :lol2:
And what of 'The Beast of Bolsover'? A Tory????
Tony Benn (not his limp wristed son) ?
If anything, TB was more communist than Tory..... Khrushchev comes to mind here.
the welfare system favours far to many that are not in need as apposed to those that really need it
IMHO
The richest 1,000 people in Britain have seen their wealth increase by £155bn since the crisis began – more than enough to pay off the whole government deficit of £119bn at a stroke.
Will euros be ok Laine?
cos she's worth it
Sorry to say it like this but if the doors had been closed a long time ago there wouldn't be so much of a drain on resources ...
this and every selected government serves the interests of the rich and powerful. if voting could change that it would be illegal. ask the greeks, irish, spanish, portugese, hugarians, poles, latvians, lithuanians, italians or even our students who were pronised one thing by the liberals pre election and got something else after.
i'm sick and tired of people in the bottom 98% attacking each other (simple divide and rule) when in your face is theft, fraud, and corruption at the top.
it's taking too long for people to wake up to the headlies, presstitution and propaganda that enslaves us all.
bankers, hedge funds and bond holders have been lavished with 250 billion plus of liability to the taxpayer at interest for making bad bets/gambling losses and the poorest of society have to have austerity to pay for it and no one is charged ?
they will cut benefits (entitlements to the less well off) and increase entitlements/subsidies/benefits in kind/backroom deals to the rich.
they will close hospitals, schools, factories and shops and at the same time tell you that we are coming out of a double dip recession and unemployment is falling.
trust your senses. listen, look, smell and feel the hardship of your peers.
every m.p. of whatever colour of skirt wears the same colour knickers. they are all feathering their own nests and doing their masters bidding and that aint you or me.
:loon: Absolutely bonkers and the people who make up these new rules must have very thick custard for brains.
but does he then think that 100 grand is also not a lot of money? What a persons thinking is to think that is not a lot of money nowadays, and then did not know that child benefit existed well..........speaks volumes I think.
