Re: What is a fair benefits system?
I think you are giving "working" people too much credit when you say they plan for kids. There are plenty of working families who also produce multiple children. I have some (non blood) family who had 5 kids and got a larger council house..admittedly two sets of twins when they were both working but didn't have two pennies to rub together.
Religion may also come into this as a "good" catholic may follow the teachings of no birth control (playing devils advocate here)so you are penalising them for having faith.
Finally when you are on JSA you do have to jump through many hoops not to get it sanctioned. You have to be applying for jobs and showing proof of it.
This is a subject that I do believe it misunderstood. If you have never had to claim HB etc you may well think it is easy. Until 2 years ago I thought so, yet without family I would have been homeless as it took the council 6 months to sort out my HB. It is so infuriating when they ask you questions so you give them answers then they tell you that the questions they asked weren't the right ones , but do not know what the right ones are. You feel so helpless and it makes you so angry.
You also have to remember that in all this the children are innocent so you need to make provision to look after them, what do you do, take them off the parents?
I think you are giving "working" people too much credit when you say they plan for kids. There are plenty of working families who also produce multiple children. I have some (non blood) family who had 5 kids and got a larger council house..admittedly two sets of twins when they were both working but didn't have two pennies to rub together.
Religion may also come into this as a "good" catholic may follow the teachings of no birth control (playing devils advocate here)so you are penalising them for having faith.
Finally when you are on JSA you do have to jump through many hoops not to get it sanctioned. You have to be applying for jobs and showing proof of it.
This is a subject that I do believe it misunderstood. If you have never had to claim HB etc you may well think it is easy. Until 2 years ago I thought so, yet without family I would have been homeless as it took the council 6 months to sort out my HB. It is so infuriating when they ask you questions so you give them answers then they tell you that the questions they asked weren't the right ones , but do not know what the right ones are. You feel so helpless and it makes you so angry.
You also have to remember that in all this the children are innocent so you need to make provision to look after them, what do you do, take them off the parents?
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