Crying poverty is a poor excuse in this day and age
I HAVE to agree with Geoff Ford about so-called child poverty.
There are very few families that are in true poverty unless the meaning of the word has changed. A bit like the meaning of the word "marriage".
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An increasing number of families have been receiving support from food banks.
Unfortunately true poverty is often due to the lack of understanding of how to obtain help and also how to work within a budget.
With the changes in April on housing benefit there is talk of more families suffering.
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There has been a lot of discussion about this on the television this week and one interview, in particular, stays in my mind.
A woman said she shouldn't have to move as she had just spent a fortune on walk-in wardrobes and expensive wallpaper around the house.
If she has a fortune to spend on expensive wallpaper, should she be getting housing benefit?
And as for flying lessons, don't get me started.
Sid
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6 Comments
by williampink
Friday, March 01 2013, 11:42AM
“They use taxi's to get to the food banks. You could not write the script.”
by nietzche
Thursday, February 28 2013, 5:35PM
“des22 in reply to your quote. " Misquoting, the last bastion of a cad"”
by DerAngriff
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:58PM
“That's an interesting definition of poverty, Des22. A shame it's incorrect. Perhaps you mean destitution?”
by des22
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:43PM
“Poverty is an empty stomach and no means to fill it. How many empty stomachs in NEL?”
by DerAngriff
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:12PM
“So the fact that ONE woman spent a lot of money on decorating means that ALL housing benefit claimants can afford the cuts?
Idiotic letter in reply to an idiotic article.
If you live on your own in a 2 bed property you will lose a % of your housing benefit. Ok, fine, they can move into a 1 bed property... apart from there are very few 1 bed properties. So in reality the vast majority of tenants will be forced to stay put and swallow the deduction.
If you have a three bed property, two parents, two children under 10 (boy and girl), you will lose housing benefit. Your kids have to share. Even if you have a severely disabled child he or she will be expected to share with your other child.
So even if you have had your home modified to assist a disabled child, if you don't meet the criteria to avoid the bedroom tax, you have to accept the cut or move to another disability friendly home, and there aren't too many of those.
What a lovely government we have got.”
by nietzche
Thursday, February 28 2013, 3:40PM
“how do you know she didn't purchase the wallpaper and wardrobes with her redundancie payment or while she was working and she has just been finished , typical telegraph couldn't research a wooden door post ...”