Originally Posted by
Double Trouble
I'm seriously considering giving up work and claiming thousands of pounds of government money for mine and my childrens up keep.
As a single parent I get tax credits (not benefits) as I work and thats the only help I receive. The thing is I have just had to take another week off work, unpaid, to care for one of my kids, who is sick. I still have to pay my child minder when my children are sick, while I'm earning nothing.
I still have to pay the bills & as the only earner in the house it makes me wonder why I bother.
Apparently, as I have three young children, the government would happily throw money at me left, right and centre if i decided to give up work and would not expect me to look for work until my youngest child is 12.
I would have my mortgage paid, free school dinners, no council tax to pay and a shed load of other benefits.
Instead I struggle on, get up at 6 every morning, drag my kids out of bed early and pack them off to the child minders for their breakfast, pay everything myself and am probably worse off financially for trying to take care of myself and my family rather than just poncing off the state.
I've always worked & would be ill at ease with myself if I did give up work and be completely dependent on the state, but what else is the answer?
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