Would a licence to have children be a positive move towards cleaning up benefit scroungers?

Question

Once again in today’s tabloid’s yet another story of an undeserving couple screwing the benefits system for a staggering £96,000 per annum. The case highlights a shambolic welfare system that pays the Smiths £44,506 a year in benefits and £960 a week rent. The housing payment, incredibly, includes ¬having breakfast delivered to their door each day. Clearly the previous government have demonstrated utter contempt for the honest hard working taxpayer, yet no one from its administration is, or will be held to account for what can only be gross incompetence in allowing these people to legally claim this amount of money off the backs of the rest of us. It’s high time a licence system be introduced to assess suitability for those wishing to parent large families and the Government once and for all, bring an abrupt halt to preventing the welfare system being a life style choice.

Answer 1

Sounds good to me!



The problem seems to simple old me that coming up with the means to stop this theft, any one of a dozen methods could be used, but it's finding the political "bottle" to meaningfully act. Every week we hear about our money been stolen by these criminals, and a mechanism could be put in place tomorrow to bring it to a halt and it would solve so many problems, underfunding on the NHS, care for the old, rehabilitation for injured soldiers who have done their bit, reduce domestic violence, reduce alcohol abuse, reduce drug abuse, reduce child abuse, fund better social services, but absolutely no politician has the guts and strength it would take to stand the flak they would get.



Parliament has a serious shortage of Heros and a glut of cowards.

Answer 2

Whilst I can sympathise, you're on very dangerous territory. How would you decide if people could have kids and what would you do if people broke the rules?



There was a certain Adolf Hitler who has a very similar idea about not allowing unsuitable people to procreate by getting them sterilised and the theory is know as eugenics.



Also whatever you do it is not the fault of the offspring, they cannot be punished for the actions of their irresponsible parents - god knows being born to benefit scroungers is a pretty bad start in life as it is!

Answer 3

Nice question. IMHO, people who can't even fathom out the difference between Child Benefit (paid to everyone with a child of 16 and under) and Tax Credits aren't even worth worrying about. If they can't be bothered to find out the difference, ignore them! Mind you, it is a fairly confusing system. Even the Child Tax Credit and Working Families Tax Credits are two different things! All I know is that I'm entitled to Child Benefit and a tiny amount of Child Tax Credit (hardly worth it), but not entitled to the Working Families Tax Credits. Hey ho!

Answer 4

I agree with you but don't have the answer, unless the Government brings in a cap so that these people can only claim a certain amount which is not 96 thousand pounds. This figure is obscene and is totally unfair for people to see this when they are doing an honest day's work and are earning nowhere near that amount. This allowance puts them in the Top Earners bracket.

Answer 5

A few bucks is hardly a reason that I would use to determine fitness.



I have so many others that I could use.



I'm not that greedy, or that jealous. A few low-life's got away with some crap at our expense, oh well. Life goes on.



And now that they've been caught, there lives will take a very different direction. I hope they think it was all worth it when they have everything taken away, maybe do some prison time, and have all their luxuries taken away.

Answer 6

Why didn't anyone else ever come up with the idea of government deciding who can and who cannot reproduce ? What a great idea ! But the license bit wouldn't be necessary.......If you don't pass the test, you should be sterilized -- then the government won''t have to waste the time and money holding trials for unlawful carnal knowledge. Besides, what kind of punishment would be appropriate for having an unlicensed human ? I see a great future for you in politics........study your Chinese, because I think your philosophy on society will mesh wonderfully with theirs.

Answer 7

Dont know about a licence for children but something needs to be done. It appears the wrong people are getting benefits whilst those who deserve are being side lined

At my site ABC OF ESA which helps with ESA and DLA benefits I am hearing stories of terminally ill, blind, coughing up blood, CFS sufferers being told to attend medicals and being found fit for work

Answer 8

Yes they should it's a joke, i desperately want to work but i come up against a brick wall every time. I can't even get £380 per month paid so i have a roof over my head. WERE ARE THE JOBS. My mum has worked two jobs all her life so i will live off the ridiculously high tax she pays until i find a job.

Answer 9

Generally it would end up costing far more to regulate such a thing than to let it go. This kind of thing is the exception, not the rule.



That doesn’t mean people who abuse the system shouldn’t be tracked down and dealt with.

Answer 10

If you think this new goverment will change things you better not hold your breath. Blaming the unemployed for unemployment is the good old fallback reply of your average Tory. Do you read the SUN or the STAR pal........yes of course you do.......because it is aimed at highly intelligent people like you. I have yet to hear you morons badmouth the Bankers who did so much damage......it must have been in your paper by the girl with the big boobies......der.

Answer 11

I agree with One Shot and Sweet Pea, I'm fed up with my taxes being squandered on low life's who are laughing up their sleeves at us, perhaps they should bring in workfare so they have to work if they want their benefits even if it's digging old ladies gardens, I have every sympathy for the disabled and those who are genuinely between jobs and seeking work, I don't begrudge them a penny but low life chavs and chavettes who keep breeding so they can stay at home at my expense and that of every other hard working individual should be made to earn their keep.

Answer 12

I totally agree with what you are saying. A good move would be to stop all benefits to people like this and unmarried mothers and make them find work. Why should the tax payers have to keep these people?.

Answer 13

Simple answer:



Pay child benefit for the first 2 - and no more.



Pay benefits for the first 2 - and no more.



Like those who work for a living, those on benefits will have to learn to make sacrifices if they want more.

Answer 14

The government works for the public. They don't rule us except with our consent.

In China it might be possible although people do ignore the rules.

Answer 15

I've believed for quite sometime there should be a test and licence system before you can have kid's.