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Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy
As I understand it, a large proportion of the £26,000 plus benefits is made up of Child Benefit, which the person would be getting if they were working anyway. That's why the govt want to include child benefit in the £26,000 calculation or else otherwise it would not be worth implementing the reforms.
If the person is living in London I don't think £26,000 is excessive. I would find it very difficult to raise a family there on that. Again, as I think has been mentioned, the problem is a lack of affordable social housing (even in the most prosperous areas).
I agreed about the apparent injustice of people having wide-screen TVs, etc whilst on benefits. The road to unhappiness comes from comparing our own lives with those of others. There will always be someone better off or appearing to get away with it. At the end of the day the Health Visitor will have a sense of purpose and self-esteem in their job which the person on benefits will never have. And that is more important in life than a wide-screen TV. Glib, I know, but I think it's true.
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There are plenty of decent, hard working people, bringing up families in London, earning much less than £35,000. per annum. The amount you need to earn, to take home £26,000.
I know. I lived there, most of my adult life.
Only in your skewed world would those hard working people have to pay taxes, to fund a system, in which those on benefits get more than them.
I suppose your advice to all those people in London, bringing up their families on wages of £35,000. and under, would to be down tools, and start milking the benefits system?
Thankfully this country's majority are still a decent, hard working, and proudly independent people.