Poverty trap single parent, no point woking
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The poverty trap
Finally the kids and I have moved to a house with affordable rent. Yippee, I think to myself, I can now go out and get myself a job. went down to the job centre to discuss my plans with the lone parent advisor, just to make sure...
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Here I am, a lone parent stuck in the poverty trap and thanks to the child support mess I'd be better off not working. The lone parent advisor told me I will be financially worse off if I take a job, so I might as well not bother.
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| 05-2-2010 | Sam, at least by working and paying your way in life, you will have your self esteem, and that in itself is worth a lot in my view. | Gainsborough lad. |
| 05-2-2010 | I have just recently started doing my nvq 2 in childcare and the college I started said I would get my childcare paid for so I put my son in nursery and recieved a letter saying I couldnt get my childcare fees paid because I was a single parent totally prejudiced now I have to find 441 pound to pay...more | Sam |
| 29-1-2010 | " go to collage and ger a well paid careea, you may be short of money for a while but will be worth it in the long run, there is a way out of the povity trap but you have to make a sacrifice "
Wise words, as you obviously didn't go to 'collage' and 'ger a well paid c...more | MikeP |
| 29-1-2010 | go to collage and learn to spel like u did marteen? | grumpyoldwoman |
| 29-1-2010 | go to collage and ger a well paid careea, you may be short of money for a while but will be worth it in the long run, there is a way out of the povity trap but you have to make a sacrifice | martine |
| 05-1-2010 | according to the csa booklet working tax credit isnt counted as a form of income so im in middle of getting it sorted as I earn 922 a month and the csa want to take 415 a month I cant even afford food and coucil tax with whats left let alone my rent of 825 | destroyed dad |
| 29-9-2009 | I gave the x-parasite the house every thing in it and 10k savings, and clothed and took my kids out every weekend. but this was still not enough! after blowing the money on new breasts she got the csa on me.......Yep I got tired of the csa robbing me so I quit my job! now my x gets 0% of 0 and its ...more | aleedsfella |
| 03-9-2009 | Pink
You will be worse off, partly because you will be contributing to the upkeep of your 3 children, not with you. It is for them that the CSA has made the award not your Ex.
The solution is a better paying job or more hours, to reduce the loss.
Accept the fact that you have moral and legal obl...more | waz |
| 30-8-2009 | Be honest,dropping the kids off at school and then relaxing at home is better than going to work, us taxpayers will pay for it wherever we like it or not, as long (as the the government can come up with new taxes to keep up with the increasing number of wasterers joining this no questions asked clu...more | Gainsborough lad. |
| 30-8-2009 | Bob - CTC and WTC *are* counted as income, regardless whether they'e for the children or not. Scounging doesn't come into it, so don't judge what you obviously don't understand. | AngryMom |
| 29-8-2009 | ctc is not regarded as your income as its for the children,
take responsibility for your life scrounger | bob |
| 24-7-2009 | I just need to comment thats its just not men out there that have to pay, my ex has taken me to the cleaners as well. | xxprettynessxx |
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