Pretty early in life I realised that I won't be able to have the lifestyle I want and also have children so made the conscious decision to not have kids (I'm also not very paternal either as after about an hour or so I'm bored of them and send them back to their parents), so I didn't even get offered child benefit to be able to refuse it.
Can't afford school meals for kids, but billions for homebuyers, sure!
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Pretty early in life I realised that I won't be able to have the lifestyle I want and also have children so made the conscious decision to not have kids (I'm also not very paternal either as after about an hour or so I'm bored of them and send them back to their parents), so I didn't even get offered child benefit to be able to refuse it.
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The government already provides parents with enough funding to feed and cloth children and provide free education. Not to mention the benefits provided to the lowest income families. If the parents are still not feeding their children then I'm not sure we can really blame the government can we? Are we really at a level of society whereby the government must physically feed children because the parents won't do it?
Soldato
I think we are..
This money is not paid to parents, it was about directly feeding children through school meals.
About £20m per week.
Okay, if you want the government to feed your kids give up a portion of the child tax credits at £60+ per week per child that parents get, not forgetting child benefit as well. Is it a case of no money for kids food or just that the parents are spending it elsewhere
With Coronavirus, and the economic harm that is doing to swathes of the population then it's completely mad that the government are refusing to fund free school meals for those in need during this time.
Many families are struggling, and this is only going to get worse with further cuts to wages. The argument about not having kids if you can't afford them doesn't carry weight at the moment. The fact that someone has been able to afford kids whilst working at a restaurant/as an office cleaner/as a pilot/etc doesn't mean they can if they have now lost their income. Some extremely out of touch people on here.
I'm not advocating for free meals for ever, but certainly cover them over the winter months to ensure that these kids have one good meal a day. I completely understand that we shouldn't be funding it in normal times, but right now? I can't see why we shouldn't be. Especially with how little it costs.
From what I understand, every country in the UK are funding it bar England...
Many families are struggling, and this is only going to get worse with further cuts to wages. The argument about not having kids if you can't afford them doesn't carry weight at the moment. The fact that someone has been able to afford kids whilst working at a restaurant/as an office cleaner/as a pilot/etc doesn't mean they can if they have now lost their income. Some extremely out of touch people on here.
I'm not advocating for free meals for ever, but certainly cover them over the winter months to ensure that these kids have one good meal a day. I completely understand that we shouldn't be funding it in normal times, but right now? I can't see why we shouldn't be. Especially with how little it costs.
From what I understand, every country in the UK are funding it bar England...
The parents have already been given the money in the form of benefits to provide food and clothes for the children, it's how the parents choose to spend the money already provided to them that's the issue here.
How many children who are hungry have parents who smoke and/or drink, have Sky TV, smart phones, tablets and other such tech that are not as essential to a human beings survival as food?
The issue is and always will be the way parents spend their money, did you miss the news bulletins where people who had been given school meal vouchers during lockdown were trying to buy alcohol and tobacco in the supermarkets and when refused were kicking off?
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I don't. It's eagerly fueled by posts like yours.
You could have focused on the issues, but instead you chose to judge people solely by their age.
Caporegime
It's a pickle. The kids shouldn't be punished because of the feckless wastes of space that fail to provide for them. Likewise, nor should the taxpayer. I didn't have the kids so why should I pay for the failure of someone else?
This is why I'm generally in favour of some form of testing before you're allowed to procreate. No child should have to be raised by parents who will never be fit to do so.
This is why I'm generally in favour of some form of testing before you're allowed to procreate. No child should have to be raised by parents who will never be fit to do so.
Soldato
what do you mean will ? it already is.......................
Soldato
you need to stop reading the dailymail before you combust.................
Soldato
Do you not having anything to contribute to these discussion forums. Or are you just happy with your little wind up troll post?
Soldato
The trouble is, why should the kids suffer because the parents spend the money on other things? I don't have kids myself, but I do have nephews. What should I do if their mum decides not to feed them? I can't do anything. If I could pay more taxes to cover a hot meal at school I would, and for any child. A child is a dependent at the end of the day.
Soldato
Yep, we'd have been spared William and Harry if that had been in place at the time.
Caporegime
You're missing the major aspect that some parents just don't care.
Soldato
Didn't they raise Universal Credit by an extra £20 - that would cover plenty of dinners for a kid...
The issues primarily harm one generation and benefit another, again and again and again. Pretending there’s nothing to see won’t make it go away.
Soldato
OP is comparing apples with oranges.
Caporegime
Again, assuming that money is being spent on the child.
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