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Originally Posted by wallop79
Well im a single mum, i went back to work 3 days a week, as with the child tax credit & working tax credit I receive (the system I have paid into for 23 years) I wouldn't be any better off working 5 days a week, so whats the point of working an extra 2 days for nowt, I get to spend time with my little boy. But how people can live off £67.00 per week benefits is beyond me, I spend that on shopping each week.
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You are to be applauded and congratulated. You are out there helping yourself. Ok, you get some benefits...but you have paid into the system and will do again(probably are doing at the moment).
My gripe is with those who expect the government to do everything......who want to live like the rest of us who pay our way in society(have holidays, TV's etc), but do not want to work for what they get.
The other slice of society who get my goat, are those who come into the country, have paid not a bean into the communal pot, but want us to look after their health, give them homes, child benefit and something to live on.
Other countries don't do it and that is why they come here.
The welfare system is a magnet to them.