I was on the Dole and naked ladies delivered wheelbarrows of cash to may 12 bedroomed mansion
But seriously there is one thing we have worked out. My dear wife is going back to work soon and we will be £70 a week worse off because we have to pay childcare. Now obviously we knew that before we had another child and made sure we could afford it because we believe that though we will be worse of financially for a while its better for the wife's career if she continues working.

However give someone with no career prospects the choice of paying someone to look after your kids and going to work, or staying at home on benefits and overall having around the same cash without having to work a lot of people would pick the easy one. Though I think that if it were in anyway possible without forcibly sterilizing people that they should be made to prove they can support a child before they are allowed to have one.

p.s. We aren't on any benefits except child benefit which everyone gets and I don't know why. I've never claimed any benefits because I don't believe anyone has to be out of work, when I've been out of a job I've gone to agencies and been given horrible jobs to do but always worked. Though now I have paid a bucket load of tax over the last 12 years I might think differently if I got laid off.
( Peej, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 9:48, Reply)