Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:52 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Mrs Hull White Star - I am sure this has been covered before but to clarify - how much do get in benefits of one kind or another?

I get ESA until September but that will stop because hubby earns over £7,500pa so deemed rich enough to support me, and I get DLA for now, which I happen to get the car and not the money as I can't use public transport. Why do you want to know?

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:54 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Mrs Hull White Star - I am sure this has been covered before but to clarify - how much do get in benefits of one kind or another?

Why should that matter to you?

Will you be telling all & sundry how much your remuneration package is?

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:51 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Why should that matter to you?

Will you be telling all & sundry how much your remuneration package is?

Quite. Benefit rates are all in the public domain anyway.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:39 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Why should that matter to you?

Will you be telling all & sundry how much your remuneration package is?

The point appears to be here that those on benefits are struggling to survive on the meager crumbs dished out by the government. So how meager are those crumbs?

My in law on disability is now on his second foreign holiday in the last two months - could be the drug dealing, which his conviction is a matter of public record, is paying for it or it could be his benefits.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:33 pm  

It's ok, they've all got expense accounts.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:21 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

The point appears to be here that those on benefits are struggling to survive on the meager crumbs dished out by the government. So how meager are those crumbs?

My in law on disability is now on his second foreign holiday in the last two months - could be the drug dealing, which his conviction is a matter of public record, is paying for it or it could be his benefits.

I'll ask again then, how did the relevant government agencies (Police for the drug dealing and DWP for the benefits cheating) react when you informed them of your inlaw's activities?

I admit that I didn't think much of you as an individual, based on your previous statements on here but if it is possible, I reckon you've actually gone down in even my admittedly very low estimation of you.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:22 pm  

Him wrote:

It's ok, they've all got expense accounts.

No mate, you're confusing the disadvantaged with their carers.

Easy enough mistake to make I suppose

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:29 pm  

There's your answer Hull White Star, become a drug dealer.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:16 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

No mate, you're confusing the disadvantaged with their carers.

Easy enough mistake to make I suppose

Ahh silly me, they're all the same though aren't they? Those not in work and those in low paid jobs? It's merely a matter of not trying hard enough.

Re: Should Iain Duncan Smiths expenses be capped at £26k a y : Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:44 am  

cod'ead wrote:

I'll ask again then, how did the relevant government agencies (Police for the drug dealing and DWP for the benefits cheating) react when you informed them of your inlaw's activities?

Oh! Didn't Sal answer this question last time it was asked?

I assumed I'd just missed it.