Hi
I am so angry. I was just talking to a girl in work who told me about her sister in law, she is a single mother with 4 kids, between all the benefits she gets 800e a week, she has a council house and her rent is about 20e euro a week plus she does a few hours in local pub and gets cash in hand and I think the childrens dad contributes too so she is getting the bones of 1000e or maybe more a week and here is me a single mother working full time for 484e a week into my hand plus 100e maintenance I have bills of 260e a week including mortgage,bins,home insurance,health insurance, tv licence etc (but excluding esb, oil and car insurance) leaving me with 324e a week and that goes on child minder 70e, diesal for car 40e, food, clothes 100e etc so I might have a little bit left over to save for Christmas, Birthday parties etc . I dont qualify for any allowances as my gross is 'too much' I only get childrens allowance and the way they are talking about that now it could be means tested and I probably wont qualify as I earn 'too much'seemingly .I just think its so unfair, Ill prob be hit with another pay cut after the next budget it wont affect my gross only my net so it seems from last pay cut anyway!! Why am I bothered working when I'd have a free house and loads of money not working?? Im sorry if this offends anyone but I feel its just so unfair there are people out there that think single mothers get too much, in her case its true but its not true for the ones like me that are working full time and trying to pay a mortgage, Im sickened to see whats going on, all fathers should be paying maintenance of what ever they can afford and it should be done above board and legally I do agree that the state should help in someway but 800e a week is a bit generous! this country is rotten to the core.
I am so angry. I was just talking to a girl in work who told me about her sister in law, she is a single mother with 4 kids, between all the benefits she gets 800e a week, she has a council house and her rent is about 20e euro a week plus she does a few hours in local pub and gets cash in hand and I think the childrens dad contributes too so she is getting the bones of 1000e or maybe more a week and here is me a single mother working full time for 484e a week into my hand plus 100e maintenance I have bills of 260e a week including mortgage,bins,home insurance,health insurance, tv licence etc (but excluding esb, oil and car insurance) leaving me with 324e a week and that goes on child minder 70e, diesal for car 40e, food, clothes 100e etc so I might have a little bit left over to save for Christmas, Birthday parties etc . I dont qualify for any allowances as my gross is 'too much' I only get childrens allowance and the way they are talking about that now it could be means tested and I probably wont qualify as I earn 'too much'seemingly .I just think its so unfair, Ill prob be hit with another pay cut after the next budget it wont affect my gross only my net so it seems from last pay cut anyway!! Why am I bothered working when I'd have a free house and loads of money not working?? Im sorry if this offends anyone but I feel its just so unfair there are people out there that think single mothers get too much, in her case its true but its not true for the ones like me that are working full time and trying to pay a mortgage, Im sickened to see whats going on, all fathers should be paying maintenance of what ever they can afford and it should be done above board and legally I do agree that the state should help in someway but 800e a week is a bit generous! this country is rotten to the core.