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Childcare costs.
So the government have announced a great new plan top get mums back to work part-time. If they work less than 16 hours per week they can claim up to £300 per week in childcare. Great idea eh?
Let's take a mum with 2 kids who works 10 hours a week.
She is on minimum wage and thus earns about sixty quid a week.
Great! She's earning a bit of dosh.
The only drawback is - the taxpayer pays 300 quid to look after her brats for her.
She pays no tax on here earnings.
The taxpayer pays £300.
Excuse me for being thick but how does this help the economy?
Why not pay her £60 to stay at home to look after her own brats? Saving the taxpayer £240 per week?
Better still, let her husband go out and earn the wage and she stay at home to raise well behaved and normal children.
Just like they did when I was a kid.
No wonder we are bust is it?
So the government have announced a great new plan top get mums back to work part-time. If they work less than 16 hours per week they can claim up to £300 per week in childcare. Great idea eh?
Let's take a mum with 2 kids who works 10 hours a week.
She is on minimum wage and thus earns about sixty quid a week.
Great! She's earning a bit of dosh.
The only drawback is - the taxpayer pays 300 quid to look after her brats for her.
She pays no tax on here earnings.
The taxpayer pays £300.
Excuse me for being thick but how does this help the economy?
Why not pay her £60 to stay at home to look after her own brats? Saving the taxpayer £240 per week?
Better still, let her husband go out and earn the wage and she stay at home to raise well behaved and normal children.
Just like they did when I was a kid.
No wonder we are bust is it?