slim said:
At first I sympathised with this family. However on reading the article all it did was make me extremely annoyed.
The reason How many working families and young married servicemen can afford to save £1700 for Christmas?
My anger is that this can only prove that the benefit culture is winning hands down.
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Rant over.
£1700! That's almost 2 months salary after tax! Bloody hell, why am I working full time when I could live on benefits?
Regarding the question as to why people don't save in banks, Slim's right in that people are afraid of being reassessed and having their benefits cut. I have an oppo in Newcastle who has spondolyosis and has problems with stairs. He cannot climb into a bath because it's too high up for his legs, but Social Services are refusing to provide him with a shower cubicle becuase they claim that only people in wheelchairs qualify. I've put him in contact with the Disability Law Service who provide free legal advice in a number of areas to disabled people and their families. Details below, if this is any help to any matelots. He faced losing some of his benefits because he had too much in savings - less than £2000 - so he had to get rid of it or be penalised! There's something rotten in the State of Britain today, and much of it is petty bureaucracy
whose root cause is the Treasury. Those who save and lose their job/are medically retired will be punished for saving whilst those who spend every penny gain. It's the same with the pensions system of course - thrift is punished and fickleness rewarded! :roll:
End of rant!
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