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2 child benefit cap to be lifted - CIM - 11-10-2025
How can we afford to lift this given the apparent black hole in finances? Surely if you cant afford more than 2 kids you shouldn't have more?
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - Borin' Baggie - 11-10-2025
It's not made a lick of difference towards "if you can't afford a third kid don't have one" and the economic impact of a greater proportion of people who grew up in child poverty is significantly bigger. Getting rid of a policy that is costing more in the long-run than was saved is pretty common sense.
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - man in the corner shop - 11-10-2025
(11-10-2025, 06:20 PM)Borin' Baggie Wrote: It's not made a lick of difference towards "if you can't afford a third kid don't have one" and the economic impact of a greater proportion of people who grew up in child poverty is significantly bigger. Getting rid of a policy that is costing more in the long-run than was saved is pretty common sense.
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RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - Pipkins - 11-10-2025
Weve not got a pot to piss in yet find money for this?
Gordon Brown started this off with his child/working tax credits
subsiding huge corporations paying crap wages
Feral families knocking out benefit babies
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - tHEgLASSdOORS - 11-10-2025
Softener for hike in income tax I’d imagine
I’m happy to pay it if so
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - man in the corner shop - 11-10-2025
Happy to pay more income tax whatever
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - rsbaggy2 - 11-11-2025
Another 1 or 2p hike in income tax to find necessary social spending is fine by me.
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RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - man in the corner shop - 11-11-2025
(11-11-2025, 07:37 AM)rsbaggy2 Wrote: Another 1 or 2p hike in income tax to find necessary social spending is fine by me.
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But surely it's best to pay as little tax as possible and continue to watch things turn to shit?
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - tHEgLASSdOORS - 11-11-2025
I’d sooner they just went 2p if that’s what’s needed to stop looking down the back of the sofa every week
RE: 2 child benefit cap to be lifted - CarlosCorbewrong - 11-11-2025
Completely agree with the 'pay more tax' principle but I'd like to see it ringfenced to "things I find justifiable" and, ideally for it to be time limited (lol).
Plus, this will hasten Proth's exile to Yanksville so there'll be one less whopper in the country.