Tax Credits!

[Lyn Ed]

I claim tax credits, and i am glad they are there too.

 

all the comments on her for the women who have lost thier fellas and are now single mums, well what about us single dads who lost thier woman???

 

my misses was 28 when she died and i was left with a 5 yr old son to bring up on my own.

The credits paid towards child care and a small living allowance so i could carry on working and not sit on my arse and claim dole.

we had no insurance payout on the death and the mortgage was not paid off.

She had paid tax all her working life, short though it was.

 

I would quite happily give back all the money i have recieved if it brought her back so my son had his mother again!!!!

 

yes i still claim and will continue to.............. but i do think some people do take the p.. with what they get away with

 

know how you feel Firewoodman, i also lost my wife aged 28 and left with a little girl aged 3, at the time i could only work 9am to 3pm while my daughter was in school, i,ve paid tax since i was 16 and i,m not ashamed to say that i claimed credits, theres a lot of people who need help financially who arent spongers or "poncers"

[Robert_S]

I claim tax credits, and i am glad they are there too.

 

all the comments on her for the women who have lost thier fellas and are now single mums, well what about us single dads who lost thier woman???

 

my misses was 28 when she died and i was left with a 5 yr old son to bring up on my own.

The credits paid towards child care and a small living allowance so i could carry on working and not sit on my arse and claim dole.

we had no insurance payout on the death and the mortgage was not paid off.

She had paid tax all her working life, short though it was.

 

I would quite happily give back all the money i have recieved if it brought her back so my son had his mother again!!!!

 

yes i still claim and will continue to.............. but i do think some people do take the p.. with what they get away with

 

Mate im not embarassed to say that choked me up, you have more courage than i can imagine, i dont know what i would do if i lost my wife and my kids lost there mum.

 

I wish you nothing but happiness from here on in mate.

 

Massive respect and admiration.

[Mick Stockbridge]

for some Mick it just doesnt add up to work more hours than that, it is easy to have a rant but you do not have kids, and if you dont you will never understand what it is not to put yourself first, and i dont mean that in a selfish way. BUT it is taking the moral high ground when you dont have kids pulling on your heart strings 24 hours a day. I halfed my wage when i became a dad so to spend time with them. Some people dont have family support, so who is to take the kids after school, and when the child minder earns more than you whats the point, the best thing you can spend on your kids is time, there are plenty of parents that are loaded and work all the time but never see their kids, it doesnt do them any favours.

 

I'm obviously from a different era than most on here. Yeah I dont blame people for taking it if it's offered on a plate, to a degree, and I have been told that I would be entitled to £80 a month so long as I worked the system.

 

Sorry not my style, I saw my dad work all his life and asked for nothing off no man.

[Lorry thompson]

My best mate lost his wife who was 23 and they had a son if it wasn't for his son and help he had including tax credits I honestly think he would of taken his own life, I helped him through some dark times and seen the full reality of it all, I certainly wouldn't call him a sponger or a poncer. Who cares what generation you are from you can't put people like that in the same bracket as the Jeremy Kyle lot. And for the record my mate has done loads for charity and raised a lot of money since his wife died also putting his own money so probably paid more back into society than he will ever get from tax credits

[firewoodman]

i never made the comment the other way because i knew that happened to you, sorry if i offended you.

 

no offence taken steve:biggrin:

 

just though i would add my two pence to show there are some genuine cases out there.

 

i do agree that there are far too many people dodging work out there and taking the easy life though.

 

and dont get me started on the disability cheats either:thumbdown:

[Lorry thompson]

It's these people what make it hard for the genuine people and give people like Mick the opinion he has. I do admire his pride and his ability to not need it, but some people need it and the genuine ones will repay positively one way or another

[Paul Barton]

Living in a country that has a well developed welfare state is a real privilege that should not be underestimated.

 

I have never claimed any benefits of any kind, but if we ever have kids I would feel ok about taking tax credits.

 

My personal beef is with those that are happy to claim benefits/credits but then don't want to contribute to the system. Nobody enjoys paying tax but we are all supposed to do it for a reason.

[firewoodman]

know how you feel Firewoodman, i also lost my wife aged 28 and left with a little girl aged 3, at the time i could only work 9am to 3pm while my daughter was in school, i,ve paid tax since i was 16 and i,m not ashamed to say that i claimed credits, theres a lot of people who need help financially who arent spongers or "poncers"

 

i feel for you mate, tought me a lesson.... live for now and save for the kids!

 

 

 

Mate im not embarassed to say that choked me up, you have more courage than i can imagine, i dont know what i would do if i lost my wife and my kids lost there mum.

 

I wish you nothing but happiness from here on in mate.

 

Massive respect and admiration.

 

thanks mate, its not easy, i think its all about will power, but i had one mindset and that was to not let my son down

 

 

I'm obviously from a different era than most on here. Yeah I dont blame people for taking it if it's offered on a plate, to a degree, and I have been told that I would be entitled to £80 a month so long as I worked the system.

 

Sorry not my style, I saw my dad work all his life and asked for nothing off no man.

 

nothing wrong with being proud mick, before i had kids if i was out of work i would not sign on at all, now i think it would be out of necessity, BUT i can assure you i would do my best to get a job!!

 

My best mate lost his wife who was 23 and they had a son if it wasn't for his son and help he had including tax credits I honestly think he would of taken his own life, I helped him through some dark times and seen the full reality of it all, I certainly wouldn't call him a sponger or a poncer. Who cares what generation you are from you can't put people like that in the same bracket as the Jeremy Kyle lot. And for the record my mate has done loads for charity and raised a lot of money since his wife died also putting his own money so probably paid more back into society than he will ever get from tax credits

 

lorry, your mate went the extra step, and sometimes that gives them the drive to carry on. Well done to him:thumbup1:

[skyhuck]

Know nothing about.....of course I know about it or I wouldn't have started a thread about it.

 

Fairplay to you FWM, and that's what it's intended for, not for the likes of some who keep their 'supposed working hours' to under sixteen hours a week in order to claim.

 

 

You clearly don't know much about it, because number of hours worked makes no difference, its about earnings.

 

I've always claimed, well my accountant as, its a tax rebate.

 

I guess you don't put business expenses on your tax return Mick, because thats just working the system to sponge!!

[Lorry thompson]

To be fair mate that was all in the beginning and I think it kept his mind off things which worried me because when he finally grieved it had been bottled up and it was bad.he still does little bits now and again and the money he's raised I hope will have done a lot, he puts a brave face on things.