There's no point working

Hello everyone, What are you all going to do when the country cannot pay benefits any more?, because that scenario is approaching fast.

I can only speak to what I know and most women that I know are in committed relationships. The few who are raising children alone did not set out to do that but were in relationships that broke down and yes they do work for a living.

anonymous, single mothers who don't work a minority? you tell jokes as well then.

lets everyone on here change their name to anonymous, gives it an anonymous feel.

Anonymous/GL
Unlike yours my children are now grown up but it’s ok, I don’t mind paying a bit extra tax to support you if you are skint and need the tax credits to which you are entitled.
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Regarding your obsession with single mothers, some are only single because their relationship broke down and they were left to raise the child alone.

I know women who raise children alone but still work.

Some, usually very young girls, choose to have children and intend to live on benefits their whole lives and never work. They are a minority.
If women who never intend to work are the only kind that you know then perhaps you should choose your friends more carefully in future?

Most of us work hard in both our homes and our jobs and object to your constant denigration of us.

Anonymous, I am single, 68 years old, and never been wed, ever had children or ever claimed any benefit of any kind, only paying tax so others who dont want to work can live of me and the likes of me.

gainsborough

Please pay attention. They did not have tax credits when my children were young.

I have always paid more in tax than I have ever received back, as most working people do. You can keep saying that I don't but it does not make it so!

We can now safely assume that you have indeed claimed all handouts that you are entitled to as you did not deny it, so stop accusing other people of what you plainly do yourself. Perhaps my tax has paid for your benefits?

anonymous, it may say tax paid on your payslip, but when you get that tax paid back and extra in child tax credits and benefits, it doesnt make you a taxpayer in the real sense, a taxpayer is someone who pays tax and doesn't claim it back in another form, I bet that when the sums have been done it will be said that you are a consumer that hasn't ever produced, (only for yourself)

Did you refuse child benefit for your children?

It's a very simple question. You would not give any kind of credit to women like me who work and pay taxes, claiming that we dont really because we can claim tax credits. ( They did not have tax credits as such when my children were young).

So, are you going to answer? If you don't then that is in itself an answer as you clearly did and do claim anything to which you are entitled.

anonymous, When you have had your rant, just read what it says underneath, it says name or nickname, whats up, are you getting wound up about it?

Gainsborough lad, you may have dropped the full stop after your name after someone remarked on it but you are the only person who uses the word "nickname", everyone else says posting name or something similar. Please stop pretending, everyone knows it is you and it is a bit embarrassing.

You still have not answered the question by the way. Did you refuse any tax credit that you were entitled to and have you staunchly refused to draw child benefit as it is a “hand out” because we all know how you feel about hand outs?

Anonymous, you have one hell of a big chip on your shoulder, you are not fooling me at all, it's clear to me that you live on skint street, try answering to my nick name instead of pretending it is someone else, or should we all use anonymous on here as a name? typical female coward.