Tax Credits!

[Mick Stockbridge]

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So you have made arraignments for your retirement?????

 

I intend to work for as long as I can and then live off of my savings. I genuinely want nothing off no one, that way I dont have to answer to anyone.

[skyhuck]

I intend to work for as long as I can and then live off of my savings. I genuinely want nothing off no one, that way I dont have to answer to anyone.

 

Fair enough, if it makes you happy

 

But we pay National Insurance, which are basically the premiums for an insurance policy. Many of the people who are claiming from this insurance have never paid any premiums.

 

I have always paid my premiums and will claim if I am entitled.

[Mick Stockbridge]

I wonder how many people that claim tax credits that they are not really entitled to were up in arms over the MP's expenses claims.

[Andy Collins]

Ah at last, I see where we're going.... all fraud is theft, and benefit fraud, tax fraud, and expenses fraud at any level is theft, regardless of your social standing.

[Stephen Blair]

Mick in your eyes is stealing wrong?

[Mick Stockbridge]

Mick in your eyes is stealing wrong?

 

Yes, but that goes without saying.

[Stephen Blair]

this little story helped me mate in understanding why I thought a certain way.

A happily married man that worked very hard every day had a beautiful wife and baby, 1 day his wife fell ill and they were told that there was nothing they could do to save her, the man was distraught, he had never done any wrong in his life and paid all his bills and been honest and this was happening to him.

He then heard that there was a farmicist in the nieghbouting town who could make him a miracle drug that would save his wifes life, he gathered every bit of money he could together and headed over, he walked intot he chemist and asked for help, No bother said the chemist, that will be £2000 please, the guy was gutted and said he only had £1000, the chemist said sorry its £2k or nothing, the guy then said, what if i give you the £1k and i will pay you back as soon as i can. The chemist said NO, its £2k or nothing. The guy pleaded and pleaded, told his story but the chemist said NO.

The guy left and went and sat in his car crying, he looked up and saw the chemist lock up his shop and go home, so he got out his car, broke in and stole the drug, went home, and saved his wifes life.

Now do you think the guy was right or wrong for what he did?

[Mick Stockbridge]

Yeah of course he was wrong, he was probably on tax credits so had a wealth of gadgets and luxuries that he could have flogged to make up the grand and pay the pharmacist instead of breaking into his premises and risk getting caught and sent down which would have left his wife on her own......

[Stephen Blair]

Now i know the way you think mate that has thrown a diferent light on how i read your posts on this:thumbup1: you are not being a caveman which i thought you were, you have VERY high morals. There should be more like you BUT you should of started your thread, ' i hate thieves '.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Thanks for that Stevie

I'm happy with my thread title but in hindsight I should have added some more to the thread itself. Like Dave D pointed out a few posts back that we had spoke about this a few months ago at work and he knows full well that I am not opposed to tax credits as such, so long as it's for the right purpose.

 

There are so many people on it these days that it's just accepted as the norm and carry on their lifestyles without batting an eyelid when their spending money on crap they dont need and that aint really theirs to spend.....some of it is mine.