Tax & Spend Tories

[noseall]

I tend to agree. If you cannot afford to raise a child then avoid becoming a parent,

Which parent - mom or dad?

Should those bereaved parents (widows etc) give their child to someone wealthier or just kill their money sapping offspring?

 

[bernardgreen]

Thankfully no one ever loses a job or has an accident which means they can't work anymore

Obviously circumstances can change and when they do then hardship will occur and rescue may be needed.

But planning to get into hardship with the intention of getting rescued is wrong.

 

[noseall]

Practically the same!

60+
Hates young people.
Does not care.

 

[noseall]

Obviously circumstances can change and when they do then hardship will occur and rescue may be needed.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Back peddle.

 

[IT Minion]

Obviously circumstances can change and when they do then hardship will occur and rescue may be needed.

But planning to get into hardship with the intention of getting rescued is wrong.

Interesting enough child tax benefit is roughly £12 billion a year. So if we wanted to we could take that money from children to pay for old people. I doubt that's what you mean to suggest, but we could. It'd be much simpler than creating a special levy for it

 

[Vinty]

I'd say it's time to stop paying people to breed

The problem is that people aren't breeding enough.
There is a demographic imbalance between young and old because the old are living longer and there are not enough young people around to pay tax and N.I.to support them.

 

[bernardgreen]

The problem is that people aren't breeding enough.

The right type of people are not breeding enough......People who cannot afford to breed unless supported by the state should wait until they have enough earned income to support their child(ren)

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

It now costs a lifetime of yours and motties' savings to get on the property ladder.

FFS, selfish old duffers eh.

Perhaps for you, get a better, more lucrative job then - or waste less money.

Mortgages have never been as easy to get as now.

 

[mitch66]

WARING BULLS HIT ALERT! Another imagined clueless statement made by another crotchety old git with zero interaction with young people.

Lets hear it then! Not fair getting us all revved up and not delivering the goods man.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Which parent - mom or dad?

Should those bereaved parents (widows etc) give their child to someone wealthier or just kill their money sapping offspring?

Those are exceptional circumstances, for which you can insure.

 

[Mottie]

It now costs a lifetime of yours and motties' savings to get on the property ladder.

Eh? How much do you think you need to get on the property ladder these days then?

 

[IT Minion]

Eh? How much do you think you need to get on the property ladder these days then?

Average first-time buyer deposit in the UK now £59,000 - check what it is in your area

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/money/average-first-time-buyer-deposit-23772906.amp

That's a lot.

 

[SirGalahad]

You seem to be the one who is dumb...

I seem to recall paying NI and a considerable amount of tax for all of my working life, now is the time I reap some of the benefits of all that I have put into that system - though like many - I am currently claiming nothing back and do not expect.

You just showed how none of you understand Government finances. The money is not paid into a pot. Current taxes pay for current expenditure. That's why we have a Government Actiary department to look at how to manage intertemporal money flows.

Thickos unite indeed.

 

[SirGalahad]

Rubbish - who paid for the upbringing of these young people, their education, the roads, the houses, all of the infrastructure these young people use. We all stand on the shoulders of our predecessors.

Again thicko. You gained the benefit of that which was then stored up in wealth.

Nat Ins was the worst way to pay for this.

 

[Mottie]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/money/average-first-time-buyer-deposit-23772906.amp

That's a lot.

£59k. Well, I can’t speak for Harry but if Nosey thinks that’s a lifetimes savings for both of us he's ****ing miles out on just me alone.