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AIBU to think that child tax credits should only be for the very needy rather than just supplementing people's income? Family of 5 down the street with only one part time earner heading off for 2 weeks on holiday. Isn't the govt just subsidising thei...

311 replies

suzydelarosa · 28/09/2012 10:08

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OP posts:
ChazsGoldAttitude · 28/09/2012 16:25

Jake
Maybe they send you a voucher for the goat

"To whom it may concern
Upon presentation at your counters during your normal hours of business, please pay the bearer of this voucher one goat (breed to be at discretion of provider).
Yours faithfully
HM Government
Department of Caprine Distribution"

Sassybeast · 28/09/2012 16:41

My goat just fell off the plasma and died Sad

thebeesnees79 · 28/09/2012 17:23

I choose to have 3 children I also.choose to work full time as a mental health nurse. I am now choosing to stay at home and look after our 3 children and after working for years looking after people on our nhs I think I deserve to take time out to raise our children.
p.s £40 a month is hardly relying on the government to bail me out now is it lmfao .
I am done with this silly benefit bashing thread now I have to go & feed my children with that £40 of government money Blush

Tee2072 · 28/09/2012 17:47

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Tee2072 · 28/09/2012 17:47

Just because I can.

::flees from Tech::

IllageVidiot · 28/09/2012 17:54

I'll be honest - I don't give a shiny shite about whatever the point of OP's formatting fail was. All it gives me is a prod in the deja vu.

How the balls can I get my hands on a pombear smiley?

Bear ? Please let it be that easy. Hmm [willy] [bum] [naice ham] [waitrose] [boden] - if I don't get a picture story about the willy that met bum and went to buy naice ham from Waitrose and saw a lovely Boden jumper then I shall be very Sad

shesariver · 28/09/2012 22:17

They never existed before Gordon Brown and people managed

Well knock me over by a goat youre wrong inets - they may never have been known as tax credits before that but they did exist - it was called Family credit, or Family income supplement, I got them 19 years ago when DS1 was tiny.

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:22

Up the arse fuckstick

usualsuspect3 · 28/09/2012 23:24

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 28/09/2012 23:30

Buppsyaer you beignroods?

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:32

Noope.

This is me at thsi thradt though

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:32

Did that lomk work?

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:32

Yip

thedogsrolex · 28/09/2012 23:33

"up the arse fuckstick"

love it, spat my tenants super out. You rock. Grin

ChaosTrulyReigns · 28/09/2012 23:34

yore mena

ChaosTrulyReigns · 28/09/2012 23:35

seh BNEYOUTIFUL ASwelk, tehdogsrolec

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:37

Sorry;

Wine has been inhalled, on phone postingverydoifficle :(

thedogsrolex · 28/09/2012 23:37

stop it, i'm wasting good alcohol here lolling....

BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:40

If you wantnto knowsome information about Wand Erection Harry PM me, I have information.

usualsuspect3 · 28/09/2012 23:47

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BupcakesAndCunting · 28/09/2012 23:49

Not unless you have a villy

Meowmi · 29/09/2012 00:18

Whats this you say about Harry's Wand Erecttion???? Grin

LesleyPumpshaft · 29/09/2012 06:51

OP is BVU.

When I was a single parent paying extortionate private rental prices I claimed working tax credits, and I budgeted wisely so me and DS could have a holiday.

Maybe this family know how to budget and save money. Biscuit

If people manage to stick even a small amount of money away each month it eventually builds up over time.

Dawndonna · 29/09/2012 09:35

I luffs a pissed Bups, I does!
Grin

PeahenTailFeathers · 29/09/2012 11:39

Wow, Orwellian; if you expect at least one person out of every couple to work, do you want to find some jobs for them? Thanks to the Tories, unemployment is at its highest since, well, the last Tory government was in. And if you don't want people to have to claim tax credits, how do you propose to solve the problem of low wages for people in essential jobs that will only ever pay minimum wage or a little over minimum - cleaners, carers etc?

I'd give you a Biscuit but I et them all.