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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| 21-6-2008 | how can she get a grip and go to africa SHE CANT AFFORD TO! and for the other person saying pick your partners better, we cant see into the future so we dont know how things will pan out. she is trying to better herself by getting a job to support her family but obviously its not worth going to work...more | MAD |
| 01-6-2008 | Get a grip. Go to india or africa and when you come back, judge your poverty. | reality |
| 26-5-2008 | dont have kids if you cant afford to raise them, and if you do have them with your husband, not just any tom duck and harry. | maz |
| 30-4-2008 | I don't work and I have a family of six. If I was to go and find a job I would be out of pocket big time. Now why do I want to do that?
That my friend, is the way the cookie crumbles. | Mizky |
| 29-4-2008 | I was interested to read your gripe - I agree with your comment as I have just come to the same conclusion .I am a working mother not on income support and my ex husband has just applied to the csa for a reassessment and successfully reduced his payment by over 40% because his partner has two child...more | pink dragon |
| 26-1-2008 | What a great idea, lets all stop working and bring this gov to its knees.........oh no my mistake its already on its a*r*s*e! | nemesis |
| 11-1-2008 | It's not rocket science, but it will be tough. But life's like that for most people.
1. Get some self respect.
2. Don't have any more kids until you are sure you can financially support them.
3. Be slightly more choosy about who you partner up with.
4. Get a decent education ...more | sas |
| 22-2-2007 | I have two great kids 14 and 16, my EX wife has remarried and they have a 4 yr old kid together
her husband earns 30,000 per yr she earns 10,000 + WFT they earn 40,000 and more +CSA between them.
I live alone, rent a place, earn 16,000 a year pay £270 per month csa under the old system, ...more | sod it, ive had enough |
| 30-11-2006 | I had an arrangement with my exwife to pay a monthly sum. Then two years ago I got a letter from Solicitors acting for the a bank demanding £49k within 7 days due to " Mortgage Shortfall" which was the house my exwife and I lived in.
I negotiated to pay my settlement after a nervous ...more | J |
| 07-11-2006 | Yes Its great to support yourself and find a job, I went back to wrok full time and got working tax credit, and this year when I go into college to get into University, I get a bill saying I owe £3.000 . they gave me too much tax credits last year. so what is the point??? you work and then they...more | sj |
| 18-10-2006 | There's always a point in working the main one being that it gives you a sense of self respect.I am 62 this year which logically gives me another three years before I retire.But if I am physically able I will work past that age as I will feel that I am still contributing both to the country and ...more | Bob |
| 18-10-2006 | I think lone parents should get more help.I Also I think their shouLd be more jobs which will benefit lone parent so they wont fall in the poverty trap. I am a child who comes from a lone parent family | Jan |
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