kimba Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I think if you earn above £44,000 you should be able to bring-up a child without the state helping you, if you can't you're doing something wrong. Too right!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimba Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I'd like to know how many entrepreneurs or people with specialised skills have turned their back on this country over recent years. It appears that if you do well for yourself and work hard you get penalised, penalised in order to pay for the people who can't be arsed. Tats a fair comment too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I posted again because of mistyped error. It doesnt wash with me at all when someone says 44k isnt a lot. That's what the 'edit' button is for! It's vanished now, so makes my comment superfluous, so glad I never mentioned offering you a Rennie ... And you still have typos on your post ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billo Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Does a person that earns £44.000 a year really need child benefit. We need a system which only helps those that need help. I know that £44.000 is not a fortune but it is enough to raise a family on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tynan Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Didn't Osborn say this time last year that child benefit would stay a universal benefit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomataheeed Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 44k isnt a lot? What planet are you living up. Grow up! If you live and work in London...or work in London and commute in, £44K isn't a great deal. Your rent/mortgage on a modest home in an average area may well be £1200- £1500. Two kids, one person earning £44k - whats the take home? Less than £3k a month. Morgage, bills, rail season ticket....and thats before you've started "living". £44k in Sheffield certainly goes further. This move actually hits tory voters on middle incomes in the South East of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natjack Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Does a person that earns £44.000 a year really need child benefit. We need a system which only helps those that need help. I know that £44.000 is not a fortune but it is enough to raise a family on. I wonder whether those families that have about 10 bins, neither parents work and get about £45k in benefits, will they still get child benefit? http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/907438/Work-Not-on-45K-benefits.html I bet they will, doesn't seem fair tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I wonder whether those families that have about 10 bins, neither parents work and get about £45k in benefits, will they still get child benefit? http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/907438/Work-Not-on-45K-benefits.html I bet they will, doesn't seem fair tbh. You lose. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463435 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I didn't agree the first time you said it! Saying it twice doesn't influence me .... £45k is pretty much a middle income for keeping two adults and two children. Especially as it's the level that the higher tax band kicks in. You pay twice as much tax and get half the benefits? How is that fair? We've already had one thread complaining that no-one can afford to buy a house, according to them. And yet, £45k is a fortune now! Make your minds up, can't have it both ways. but thats the problem. £45k is middle income, your average family gets that ergo what is the point in giving them money where does it come from? Most benefits payments will come from the taxes off middle earners. Whats the point in giving them some of their taxes back. Its entirely pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 You lose. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11463435 It's about time...even then 26k tax free equates to about 40k taxed doesn't it?puts them in the top 10% of "earners"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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