Rumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....
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No I went for BSO this morning, Bacon Sauasage and OnionSocialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
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I only rent to people in work as I live in the South and everyone works and doesn't claim benefits. I assume this impacts the workshy scrounging North though.Originally posted by eek View PostRumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Read what I wrote again. Especially the second half of the statement Working Tax Credit...Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostI only rent to people in work as I live in the South and everyone works and doesn't claim benefits. I assume this impacts the workshy scrounging North though.
And remember that the biggest part of housing benefit is not those who are unemployed, disabled or retired but people who are working but don't earn that much...Last edited by eek; 11 June 2015, 08:19.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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What are the implications of this then?Originally posted by eek View PostRumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....
I don't even know what working tax credits are... Isn't this how the tax payer subsidises global corporations so they can pitch up here and pay their staff f all?Comment
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Let me reiterate. I live in the South, where everyone is rich and in work (decent jobs) and so don't rent to people on Housing Benefits or those low earners who need working tax credits. Just because the North is tulip.Originally posted by eek View PostRead what I wrote again. Especially the second half of the statement Working Tax Credit...
And remember that the biggest part of housing benefit is not those who are unemployed, disabled or retired but people who are working but don't earn that much...What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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FTFYOriginally posted by MarillionFan View PostLet me reiterate. I live in the South, where everyone is rich and in work (decent jobs) and so don't rent to people on Housing Benefits or those low earners who need working tax credits. Just because the North, Cornwall and Wales is tulip.Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Presumably it will only those who let to poor people?Originally posted by eek View PostRumour has it the budget will be looking at the housing benefit part of working tax credits....Comment
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