1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

[Tuerto]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

It's simple what I'm saying.
You are not answering the question. Which bit of that do you not understand?

you are only posting comments the problem does not exist.

what was the question?

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

what was the question?

total refusal to acknowledge. You surprise me, you normally have answers.

[splott parker]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

Given the pubs are full would you say Wales has a burgeoning middle class?

Pre pandemic pubs weren’t full, most were struggling, many closing never to open again. Town maybe packed on a Friday/Saturday, the rest of the week is quiet so I gather.

[Tuerto]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

total refusal to acknowledge. You surprise me, you normally have answers.

I'm no Guru, Snaggs....

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Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

I'm no Guru, Snaggs....

I just put a moral dilemma up and you refused to engage about it, but instead of just choosing not to get involved you decided to attempt to refute the suggestion that there is or was a question to be answered.

That's fine, if that's your response so be it.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

I just put a moral dilemma up and you refused to engage about it, but instead of just choosing not to get involved you decided to attempt to refute the suggestion that there is or was a question to be answered.

That's fine, if that's your response so be it.

two for one night at pete and bernis philosophical steak House

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

two for one night at pete and bernis philosophical steak House

Another one who won't or can't answer because it might upset him to have to consider hard choices

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

This place is full of people who like to ask questions or demand links or proof for everything but when it comes to answering a moral question just from their own thoughts they run a mile.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

This place is full of people who like to ask questions or demand links or proof for everything but when it comes to answering a moral question just from their own thoughts they run a mile.

talking to yourself now mate

Time to see the doctor

Peace be with you

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

talking to yourself now mate

Time to see the doctor

Peace be with you

Question too close to home is it sludge?

[William Treseder]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

Anyone who thinks there aren’t thousands in Wales alone screwing the benefits system, must live in cloud cuckoo land.

[Tuerto]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

This place is full of people who like to ask questions or demand links or proof for everything but when it comes to answering a moral question just from their own thoughts they run a mile.

Why do you think that is?

[blue matt]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

I know a few, and when I lived in the N East I knew even more, but when ever you want to avoid something you arenot comfortable with you always say 'back it up' or that you don't have that experience. If you don't know anyone who takes the piss out of the welfare system you must be in a very small minority, thats all I can say.
It's an honest question, what would you do about such a situation. Saying it's not your experience is just avoiding what might be an unpalatable answer

I have spent a good % of my life working at a carpenter for local councils / housing associations, I have met alot of people who play the system, it used to get me down in my younger years, i used to work with blokes who were genuinely struggling with money, yet they were working 45 hours a week ( inc a Saturday morning )

The time i realised the system wasnt perfect was in 1999, the launch day of the sega dreamcast, I was working on the Billy Banks in penarth for a few weeks doing refurbs ( despite rumours of the council going to move everyone out and redevelop the site ) my main workmate ( we worked from the same van ) was married with a young boy, interest rates were high and he was hurting, we had arranged to fit a new kitchen on one of the flats and arrived at 8.30 and knocked on the door, the guy had been up all night playing on the new sega dreamcast, he had got it at midnight and had played on it all night, got the console and 6 launch games, was playing it on a fairly big flat screen TV, the guy was decent enough when we got chatting, he had never worked a stitch in his life, he wasnt a drug dealer or a burglar, he just played the system, had a 2 kids ( who shared a room ), all the while my mate was caught in neg equity and couldnt sell his house, but couldnt afford his house, i would often pay for breakfast a few time a week, he would then pay me what he owed on Friday and then the whole process would start again

I found it easier when I realised the system was broken at times, but if i worked hard and got my head down, I would enjoy the rewards, I guess thats why i am proud of what Ive achieved in life ( The haters on here see it as bragging or flash, but its not, its just pride )

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

Why do you think that is?

they hide behind the internet

[xsnaggle]

Re: 1 in 5 children is living below the poverty line in every part of Wales ?

I have spent a good % of my life working at a carpenter for local councils / housing associations, I have met alot of people who play the system, it used to get me down in my younger years, i used to work with blokes who were genuinely struggling with money, yet they were working 45 hours a week ( inc a Saturday morning )

The time i realised the system wasnt perfect was in 1999, the launch day of the sega dreamcast, I was working on the Billy Banks in penarth for a few weeks doing refurbs ( despite rumours of the council going to move everyone out and redevelop the site ) my main workmate ( we worked from the same van ) was married with a young boy, interest rates were high and he was hurting, we had arranged to fit a new kitchen on one of the flats and arrived at 8.30 and knocked on the door, the guy had been up all night playing on the new sega dreamcast, he had got it at midnight and had played on it all night, got the console and 6 launch games, was playing it on a fairly big flat screen TV, the guy was decent enough when we got chatting, he had never worked a stitch in his life, he wasnt a drug dealer or a burglar, he just played the system, had a 2 kids ( who shared a room ), all the while my mate was caught in neg equity and couldnt sell his house, but couldnt afford his house, i would often pay for breakfast a few time a week, he would then pay me what he owed on Friday and then the whole process would start again

I found it easier when I realised the system was broken at times, but if i worked hard and got my head down, I would enjoy the rewards, I guess thats why i am proud of what Ive achieved in life ( The haters on here see it as bragging or flash, but its not, its just pride )

What you said is the problem. If you took the guys money away its his kids who'd suffer, much as he deserves to be made to contribute