I don't want to pay more fucking tax!

[marthainthemarket]

I am the sole earner in a family of four, earning just under 40k a year and getting probably fuck all or below inflation pay increase next year, if I am lucky enough to keep my job ( public sector and employer needing to make massive budget savings). I barely cope now.

I am so fucking angry that Labour fucked up the disability benefit cuts. Other countries don't have run away disability benefits crises because they have a proper assessment process that means they keep a lid on people getting disability benefits who don't really need them. But instead of dealing with that, they came up with a crap proposed cut that wouldn't have dealt with the actual issues and they couldn't defend.

And having fucked that up they are now raising everyone's tax. I hate them!

I nearly spat my coffee out😂

So very true though.

Do you think that flinging around that kind of clichéd insult is conducive to civilised debate?

I don't know that one but it's even more fitting than my old ditty. Don't get me started on Thatcher. She sold the family silver.

The housing situation is a complete mess.

Not going to disagree here - it is the biggest thing we need to fix.

Surprised how no one’s come on to admonish you for this @eqpi4t2hbsnktd and tell you how lucky you are to have the privilege of working 6 days a week!

Why is that poster working 6 days a week? I work p/t because of the cliff edge & my dc are still young.

They need need need to go after all the newly made billionaires, the idle rich landlords, and the aristos who do indeed have money sloshing around. Property prices in this country are huge because some can pay for it. The money is there. It is inequality, corruption, and the greed of the rich that marks Britain out in Europe, marks us out as an American vassal in all but name
I agree completely @WaryCrow but how can we ensure that the wealthy make a fair contribution??
The only way I can think of is pitchforks & flaming torches, tonight, quickly before they have chance to move it somewhere else.

You think taking a free morning after pill means you live in a princess palace????

If someone is that irresponsible with no contingency measures in place then they frankly should not be having children.

We have a declining birthrate but it is the feckless who continue to have children. Their children continue the lifestyle and have children and now we have an out of control welfare state.

The country is absolutely fucked. We all want more police on the streets, a better NHS, our elderly looked after properly and good schools for our dc. etc etc. that doesn’t come free! We all need to do our bit to get back on track after years of absolute chaos.

Do you think that flinging around that kind of clichéd insult is conducive to civilised debate?

You can't debate with posters like @belovedandpureones remember they know what they believe & that's that! It's depressing tbh.

So 4 lots of healthcare provision, future pension accrual, 2 lots of education I’d assume. Fuck me you owe some dough! You think it’s all ‘free’

It's hard to believe looking back that we thought we needed austerity because the goverment debt was £1Trillion when Cameron came in, now that its sitting at £2.9Trillion. It's like boiling frogs.

We earn significantly more as a family. I don't want to pay more tax. But I can't bring myself to think it's okay to cut disabilities.

Maybe UC for the physically abled. But I can't let disabled people suffer in agony (when they already suffer enough)

But why is someone who has CHOSEN to have lots of children KNOWING they can't pay for them 'the most venerable'?

If you have disabled kids I can't in good conscious just say "f it. Screw you. No state support" how horrible.

I have a vague memory on another thread someone saying disabled kids should be aborted...

Very sad.

I get it I really do, I do a full time job plus 2 extra evenings in a different job as a top up. Earn £31,000, single parent one child at home (rented)
Adult dd works hard earns 35,000 and is struggling to pay her private rent.

If things change I dread to think what will happen.

Something has to give. People need to be encouraged to work but how?

The BBC you say.

The children, not the parents.

We have a declining birthrate but it is the feckless who continue to have children.

@Palmtreebreeze what have you based this on? In recent years poorer people are having less dc

The BBC you say.

You think they are lying about that?

Yes those might be the ‘official’ figures. We all know the actual figure is significantly higher. Do you really think they tell us the truth? You really believe PIP fraud stood at 0%?

I agree. I am truly fed up with it all.

I assume this also means:
Anyone who has paid off their mortgage
Anyone earning more than 45k
Single person households, not to be confused with single parent households.

Feel free to add any other undeserving groups

That seems to be the a running theme on here.

Was Brexit that bad to us? Or just a minor scratch so to speak. Yeah it's a bit annoying to go on holiday and it's silly trade with the EU is a bit more costly now.

But is it that bad?

@Brmmmn yes Brexit was bad, really and

bad