for being annoyed that our tax is paying for people to buy wallpaper.

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I saw a post from a girl on facebook asking whether the social could help her buy things to do up her home e.g wallpaper and paint. Alot of people commented that she could get some vouchers to use on a certain paint brand and B&Q etc.

AIBU to think this girl should save some money or attempt to get a job for extra luxeries before expecting the social to foot the bill?

I'm moving house next month and the whole house will need decorating. However i am realistic in the fact i won't be able to afford to wallpaper the whole place at once, instead doing a bit at a time as and when i can afford it. My partner earns a moderate income and i'm currently on maternity leave, so money is tighter at the moment, but would never expect someone to pay for something i could manage without like wallpaper.

I completely understand people using the social to buy essential items such as a cooker or fridge, but not non essentials.

You are welcome to my tax for your CB ,Joanna.

hahahahahaha! Joanna, you ARE taking the piss I hope!

I am 48, been on benefits for a total of one year, before that nearly 30 years of paying tax which put you through school love among other things. Be grateful now wont you.

And I have just applied for a Budgeting Loan and got it, the key word is LOAN, I will pay it back.

And I don't give a flying toss if it pisses you off, I have contributed, you have barely even begun to contribute and trust me, have taken out FAR FAR more than you have put in.

I would say most of us on here have jobs love, but that really isn't the point, you don't need to be in the same boat to sympathise with anothers situation

oh joanne you are a little ray of sunshine arn't you and the government also contribute to maternity pay love not just your work,

I doubt joanna has much of "a cracking job" if she has to envy those who have nothing.

At 22, no matter what your job, you have still taken out far more than you have contributed. At 42, with a lifetime of work behind you then maybe you can say you HAVE contributed, but not at 22.

Well, I've suffered more shite than most so before you think I think I'm untouchable I'd think twice, you may have been living longer than me but I will get to your age at one point and will be saying the same thing apart from I won't be bashing the people working, it will be the people that TAKE FOR GRANTED the funding system, not those who genuinely need it.

Is Joanna a "new" poster? Just wondering!

Joanna your ignorance is astounding. Go away and educate yourself.

TBH i think joanne is on the wrong forum she should be on netmums another parenting forum where rubbish like that is spouted every other thread.

Who's bashing working people? Are you absolutely sure you have a cracking job? As you seem really quite dim.

No it doesn't Joanna - the government refund your employer the vast majority of SMP (103% for small companies, 92% for large) If you get additional maternity pay then that is funded by your employer.

And don't assume none of us work either - it makes you sound like an idiot.

Nope not new, I just generally like to talk to other pregnant woman about being pregnant, but couldn't ignore this post. Im quite well educated thank you. What with all that government schooling which my parents paid taxes for.

You may be well educated, but you still sound thick.

No Joanna, you will be older and may I say "wiser", life might have smacked you right between the eyes at that point. I hope it doesn't but it might.

Disabled child
Illness and disability
Redundancy
Homelessness

Any of the above could affect you (unless of course you have a cystal ball and know otherwise).

if any of the above DO happen then there is a system which will support you. If you should need social housing (and don't say you wont because I never thought I would need it either) then the chances are it will be in shite decorative order when you get it (think graffiti on walls, cracked or rotting tiles on the floor, damp etc). You will then be eligible to apply for a LOAN to help you right the damage. It's cheaper for the Government than getting contractors in to do the work.

And if there is a bit left over then you can indeed buy cushions and throws. The money needs to be paid back though and can then be loaned to someone else.

And yes I had a shit time as a child too, others on tis thread have lost children to illness so don't think you have a monopoly on "bad times" dear, we all have them.

Once again I have managed to save 24000 pounds in an isa since I was 16. What can I say, people employ the employable. Sorry for making a living and that will be staying there for my children so they can have a nice life, because I don't waste my money on wallpaper, I'd rather have my future children well educated and secure than decorating my house. I quite like magnolia paint, I just spice it up a bit with nice pictures I buy from the carboot.

ALL of our taxes paid for your education. That is the point of taxation. Although I'd like a refund for thr portion spent on your Social Studies classes, as that clearly didn't sink in...

i dont really see the point of trying to talk to joanna, she's at that age where she knows every thing.

hopfully with in a few years she'll wise up, and realise not every thing is black and white, she'll allso realise that the majorty of taxes goes to people who are working, oap's.

benifits.. not taxes.. doh...

How about, raped by a family member from the age of 4, being beaten up by another family member, mother being beaten by father, mother trying to commit suicide, being diagnosed with PTSD, father dying in a traffic accident 2 years ago, being mugged twice. Haha I've had a really fucking easy life, which is why I set myself up first before getting pregnant. So at 42 what gives u the right to judge me.

And it's spelt benefits. Thanks for the education.

You would think that having gone through difficult times , you would have more compassion .

That's awful for you and I'm sure you have everyone's sympathies. However, it doesn't give you the right to judge others. I hope you have had some support through all your troubles.