Hit the small unloved groups
I'm afraid this is Govt cashing in on lack of compassion for small groups, and old-fashioned moralism.
It's absolutely correct that separated parents get a lot more tax credits than cohabiting parents.Indeed sometimes grandparents get a credit as well, so it is on the face of it unfair and anti-stable-family.
I'm still, thank God, together with my family but every separated parent I know has a hard time of it financially and emotionally, and I don't grudge them an "unfair" subsidy. This should've been phased out at worst, in the same way we helped the weak, helpless stateless companies by phase-out, not this cruel fell swoop.
I'm saying this despite being very pro-marriage, eg I'm furious that two people sharing a house can get medical cards with a combined income of 1000 while a married couple would have to have as little as 900.
I'm afraid this is Govt cashing in on lack of compassion for small groups, and old-fashioned moralism.
It's absolutely correct that separated parents get a lot more tax credits than cohabiting parents.Indeed sometimes grandparents get a credit as well, so it is on the face of it unfair and anti-stable-family.
I'm still, thank God, together with my family but every separated parent I know has a hard time of it financially and emotionally, and I don't grudge them an "unfair" subsidy. This should've been phased out at worst, in the same way we helped the weak, helpless stateless companies by phase-out, not this cruel fell swoop.
I'm saying this despite being very pro-marriage, eg I'm furious that two people sharing a house can get medical cards with a combined income of 1000 while a married couple would have to have as little as 900.