The whole child benifit thing is a joke.
When are polititians going to understand that press reports don't actually relate to public opinion.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:29, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The problem is
that much of the public get their opinions from press reports, the retarded spastics.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:31, Reply)

I honestly think it's a game to a lot of political journalists.
wait for a policy announcement.
Read what other people have written
Pick the worst possible points from all of it
Either write a comment piece about it or aggressivly interview a minister
Keep pushing the story until there's a policy change
Write a scathing piece about how the policy change shows a lack of principle and leadership.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I think it's good they get rid of the child benefit
for high incomes, but per house, not per person. A single person will spend more money on the kids, as he/she will need to pay for care a lot more than a couple.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:50, Reply)

That'll cost hundreds of millions of pounds to monitor
which is basically a waste for the tiny percentage it'll affect.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Yep
It couldn't be all good that we pay taxes straight away from our salaries every month. In Spain you pay taxes per house, at the end of the year, which has a lot of bad things, but at least you can tell how much each house has.

However, if the father or mother is single or widow, then that should be taken into account, and it's quite easy to monitor.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

It's stupid.
I earn way over 45k and while I don't like losing child benefit, I can see the logic to us paying more.

It should be done per household though - not per single person's incom.

There should be a combined threshold of whatever to make it fair.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:54, Reply)