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[Varche]

What other hobbies do the taxman subsidise?

[Banjax]

I don't think we should encourage anyone to have kids - if you want kids, fine, but don't ask me to pay for your little snot-nosed brats 

How very right wing.

exactly 

if discouraging tattoed f-wits from rutting long enough to calculate the whole food/air deal is right wing then slap on a funny mustache and call me hitler 

All right then Adolf, Im inclined to agree with you but as I don't have children (that I know of) I have to disqualify myself from further comment.

i don't see why it should if you pay for them, Z 

[Mysteryman]

Judging by the way certain lib dems have reacted (ie. You're a f**king liar George, you promised you wouldn't touch it), he may not last until 2011, never mind 2013 when this cut is supposed to happen.

[scimmy_man]

well its a start,
now if they continue and sort the rest out?

[Mysteryman]

well its a start,
now if they continue and sort the rest out?

Yep. I know three people on incapacity benefit, not one of them is actually incapacitated, only between the ears.

[Sixstring]

mmm. I know one who has NEVER held down a job, he's now 50, there's nowt wrong with him cos he rides a Harley, gets a motability car, and goes off on pub crawls for miles with his mates!!
Can EASILY walk a couple of miles without problems.

hope they catch the rotter soon, and remove all his benefits!!

(partners ex.........)

[Mysteryman]

mmm. I know one who has NEVER held down a job, he's now 50, there's nowt wrong with him cos he rides a Harley, gets a motability car, and goes off on pub crawls for miles with his mates!!
Can EASILY walk a couple of miles without problems.

hope they catch the rotter soon, and remove all his benefits!!

(partners ex.........)

It seems obvious to me that the poor man is in a bad way. Having to crawl between pubs, must be in agony.

[Sixstring]

Mmmm.
bet he feels no pain at the end of these pub crawls.............medicinal purposes perhaps, funded by the benefit system??
Makes me sick.

[geoffr70]

I'm glad we've got a Tory government back. I only wish they were true conservatives. It's about time we got back to basics in this country and slash alot of benefits. It's beyond a joke now, we are the laughing stock of the world!

I think more people are beginning to realise that the hard working, law abiding, tax paying man goes to work to pay for the fat, slobbish and arrogant layabout, which is an increasing minority.

Labour's socialism has brought this about. Nice work Tony and Gordon. They want everything for free, the only problem is, who's going to pay for it?

Labour have not only lost their credibility for the obvious reasons, but the childish, cringe worthy squabbling they have engaged in since being defeated in the general election.

I wish we had conservatives in charge right across the land, to bring the true meaning of 'social justice', not this twisted idea of Labour.

Bring on the cuts!

I might get accused of being 'right wing', which is clearly not the case.

With that, I'm off to work now to 'earn' some money, and pride, self satisfaction, respect and self worth. Bye

[Sixstring]

Well said.

EARN being the correct term.
EARN=SPEND not GIVE=WASTE

[jonnycool]

Imo he should jsut say that any household with income over £20,000 doesnt get it. It was introduced to give mothers a chance of ensuring their kids didnt go without  food etc. regardless of what the husband earned or how much of it he give to the wife in housekeeping. The world is a very different place these days.
It is a start though. The welfare state imo, should largely be dismantled.
The British didnt used to be the kind of people who habitually relied on other citizens handouts to keep them. They used to have pride. The welfare state has done huge damage to the ability of self reliance that this nation was known for.

Perfectly summed up in this piece, I hate paying for scum who think living on the dole is a feasable lifestyle choice 

[HolyCount]

Well, I have kids, one of which I still get child benefit for. I have worked all the time since leaving full time education and never yet hit average wage.  So, from my perspective, I would love to be in the position where they stopped my child benefit.

I recognise that the 1 x 40+k loses it whilst 2 x 35k still keep it --- at that end of the scale it's unfair.  But at my end of the scale, I don't figure in the math, save for the fact that at sub 20k I am paying towards the benefits the 40k+ bod gets!!!  Which again isn't fair.

You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time ( or summat like that!).

[cem_devecioglu]

Our beloved chancellor has just withdrawn child benefit for anyone paying higher rate of income tax, saying it was a 'fair' thing to do.
So if you earn more than £44,000, you will lose it. However, if both partners works and earn, say, £40,000 and £35,000, then they can keep it. Fair?

  :-?

no need to tell obvious .. Who voted him 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I'm glad we've got a Tory government back. I only wish they were true conservatives. It's about time we got back to basics in this country and slash alot of benefits. It's beyond a joke now, we are the laughing stock of the world!

I think more people are beginning to realise that the hard working, law abiding, tax paying man goes to work to pay for the fat, slobbish and arrogant layabout, which is an increasing minority.

Labour's socialism has brought this about. Nice work Tony and Gordon. They want everything for free, the only problem is, who's going to pay for it?

Labour have not only lost their credibility for the obvious reasons, but the childish, cringe worthy squabbling they have engaged in since being defeated in the general election.

I wish we had conservatives in charge right across the land, to bring the true meaning of 'social justice', not this twisted idea of Labour.

Bring on the cuts!

I might get accused of being 'right wing', which is clearly not the case.

With that, I'm off to work now to 'earn' some money, and pride, self satisfaction, respect and self worth. Bye

A certain J. Major had that idea....

[jereboam]

Since my three kids have grown up and (almost) left home, a cut in child benefit doesn't affect me. 

However, we'll soon be in territory where they will be looking after me, so I hope no-one's going to cut whatever carer's allowances are going.