'Baby Machine' Who Lives Off Benefits Dumped By Cheating Husband While Expecting 12th Child

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I have no kids.

Well, others may want kids. Having kids is not just for the rich only. Who says they are the only ones entitled to ruling the world.

[Boiler 45,470]

Very common story in UK tabloids, unlimited supply.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Very common story in UK tabloids, unlimited supply.

It obviously happens, but what the tabloid press publishes is a construction of reality. It creates a distorted view of what is really happening.

[Boiler 45,470]

Not uncommon in certain areas.

Working the system.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not uncommon in certain areas.

Working the system.

What is the evidence that it is or isn't common?

Tabloid news headlines isn't evidence - it's an inference someone wants you to make on deliberately selective information.

[decocker 7,198]

12 kids and living off welfare, some people just really know how to live it up on the government's dime.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Who pays for all that anyway? Taxpayers? Does everyone pay taxes, or are do some people actually escape paying most if not all taxes?

Edited January 26, 2015 by ExExpat

[decocker 7,198]

Who pays for all that anyway?

the queen.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

12 kids and living off welfare, some people just really know how to live it up on the government's dime.

There was a quote by the chancellor a little whike ago that welfare needed to cut because there were people receiving up to £100k in welfare payments. A guardian journalist questioned that claim by submitting a freedom of information request to the department of work and pensions.

Want to know how many people were receiving that amount in benefits? About a half dozen. In a country of over 50 million.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

the queen.

Liberace?

[decocker 7,198]

There was a quote by the chancellor a little whike ago that welfare needed to cut because there were people receiving up to £100k in welfare payments. A guardian journalist questioned that claim by submitting a freedom of information request to the department of work and pensions.

Want to know how many people were receiving that amount in benefits? About a half dozen. In a country of over 50 million.

that's crazy either way you look at it.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

that's crazy either way you look at it.

I think it proves to some extent that the number of people severely abusing the welfare system is extremely limited (certainly not what the tabloid media depicts it as) and that fixating on extreme families isn't proof of anything at all.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

There was a quote by the chancellor a little whike ago that welfare needed to cut because there were people receiving up to £100k in welfare payments. A guardian journalist questioned that claim by submitting a freedom of information request to the department of work and pensions.

Want to know how many people were receiving that amount in benefits? About a half dozen. In a country of over 50 million.

1 is too many, and a pissant country like Britain has 6.

[decocker 7,198]

I think it proves to some extent that the number of people severely abusing the welfare system is extremely limited (certainly not what the tabloid media depicts it as) and that fixating on extreme families isn't proof of anything at all.

it's important to keep the poor and the worker bees at odds with each other. perfect distraction for bendover time.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Is it? How do you know it is 'abuse'?