The Zohan

Why are we paying child benefit in Poland? - Telegraph

And i am led to believe we have the worse system in Europe.

Then you dig just a little and answer the questions
Polish migrants living in Britain claiming £21m in child benefits for children left behind| News | This is London

It seems some of the best payouts though...

Martin2005

It's all part of a government scheme to train the next generation of plumbers and bricklayers

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Your esteemed leaders are so busy filling their own pockets with cash, they don't give a **** about a paltry 20 million a year going amiss

Martin2005

I think you'll find that they are OUR 'esteemed leaders'

Leslie

Not really, only to those misguided souls who are doing the esteeming!

To me it just seems yet another way for the PC Plonkers to skin the electorate alive and waste our taxes in yet another ridiculous manner in their concentrated effort to destroy our country!

Les

Martin2005

Oh Leslie come on, you know if they wanted to destroy the country they'd fail, given their general level of incompetence

Dingdongler

What a disgusting waste of money, typical govt incompetence.

The amount though, in the bigger picture, is quite small. An interesting question is whether we should have child benefit at all. Why do we pay people to have/raise children? If they can't afford to support their children then they shouldn't have them.
If it was thought that a family was so impoverished that the children may not get the very basics, then they could be given vouchers for milk, nappies etc.

Clarebabes

I think the initial thoughts behind CB was that it was paid to women so that they could buy things for their children. Even though the husband may have earned good money, it did not necessarily follow that the mum would get what she wanted for the baby!

Yes, it is outdated now, but I tell you this, even though I could afford to support my daughter myself, CB comes in bloody handy!

The Zohan

It should be paid in vouchers only redeemable (proof of id with a passport) for food and clothing for kids only - IMHO

Oh and not for Poles with kids back home.

Whilst £20m may not seem a lot to some 20m for better equipped/protected troops is better use of a 'measly' £20m IMHO

Nurse Gladys

This is staggering - we, the taxpayer, are paying for kids who have never been to this country, let alone speak the language, yet as a ****ry (correctly mispelt) we are sending our sons, husbands, brothers out to fight a pointless war without the proper equipment.

It is just another fact that makes this country so totally unbelievable - you couldn't make it up......

Ian

iTrader: (10)

there are a few pols at my work who are doing this, there mrs/kids come over for a few weeks, then go back home again, he is at work in the uk, they are back home in poland.

on the odd time they have even asked me where they can get the forms to fill in from!

Leslie

Well Martin, I am a fair minded person, and they seem to be pretty good in that respect!

Les

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Prob the same reason we are sending f'in laptops to Rwanda

The Zohan

What are the chances of them getting to those who could benefit from them, more likely sold to buy AK47's and machette's, to be used on the poor devils who live there!

hodgy0_2

made by EMO's for EMO's --- why don't people just get of their backsides and make something of their lives and stop blaming everyone else for their miserable existences

we live in an age of "lowest common denominator" rules

The Dogs B******s

And your point is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Dingdongler

Er no, not the same reason at all. One is a badly thought out and administered UK benefit, the other is overseas aid to developing countries.

Not quite sure how you connected the two

hodgy0_2

I thought it was obvious – but according to the rule of the lowest common denominator I’ll spell it out

Maybe if people stopped posting racist bigoted xenophobic sh1te all day long

they might have the chance to look at themselves and workout why they are soooo inadequate that they have to blame their sh1te lives on <insert here>

we could all sit around blaming <insert here>, but some people just get off their backsides and make the most of a **** lot (although not as **** as 95% of the worlds population)

coz if you can’t get on in a country like the UK maybe you aren’t as good as you think you are

so wind your neck in and get on with it

The Dogs B******s

Ok,i see the truth now

Dingdongler

The Scoobynet 'Migrant Watch' committee are not going to like that

Martin2005

This place would get a bit boring though if the usual suspects stopped 'posting up their racist bigoted xenophobic sh1te all day long'.

I agree with the sentiment though

madscoob

iTrader: (3)

you missed the best part ... after working here for 12months they can claim childrens tax credit . and with 3kids and wages of less than 250quid a week the ctc will be more than their wages BARGAIN nice one gordon . look on the bright side after 5years they go home and buy a new house

The Dogs B******s

Martin2005

Oh no does this mean I've inadvertently become a racist? This is a disaster I'm going to get thrown out of the 'PC Brigade'

The Dogs B******s

Your banished to the corner

dpb

Cos it sounds sensational

But of course theres not really any such thing as aid , its give and take , mainly take by the west . The area is now connected to high speed bb and software enginners are swarming to 'exploit' the situation/population - friend was attempting just this ( in Kenya mind) until recently , whereupon his african counterpart had him marched out the country by the 'police' on the quite plausible possiblity that he didnt have a work permit


- im quite sure a section will be exchanged for firepower

dpb

Our half hearted approach to Europe is whats driving the poles of course,never mind, half of russia will be able to claim shortly no doubt

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

All boils down to the same thing in the end, your/my taxes being sent abroad and weakening the UK's economy. Charity starts at home mate, look after your own first then if there is any left over start helping others.

Thats how i connected the two

Coffin Dodger

How would you know that newbie