Should Child Benefit be capped at 2 children?

Reply 40

LiamMcMorrow

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Original post by FlavaFavourFruit

No, capped at 3.

Agreed!! We cant all have the nuclear family

Reply 41

Alfissti

OP

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Original post by redferry

True but we need people to have more than two to male up for the childless and people with only one child.

Not necessarily, UK for the most part is a modern and industrialized country. The advances in technology mean there isn't a need for as much labour and in future it will be a struggle to find fulltime employment for everyone as even in the agriculture industry the labour intensity of it is reducing..

Reply 42

redferry

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Original post by Alfissti

Not necessarily, UK for the most part is a modern and industrialized country. The advances in technology mean there isn't a need for as much labour and in future it will be a struggle to find fulltime employment for everyone as even in the agriculture industry the labour intensity of it is reducing..

but who is going to look after the old people when there are too few young?

Reply 43

meenu89

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Original post by Lord Frieza

There should be no cap.

This is not bloody China for people to dictate how many kids someone should be having.

The brainlessness here just makes me weep

Keep in mind it is a cap on child benefit, not a cap on the number of children you can have.

Reply 44

Lord Frieza

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Original post by meenu89

Keep in mind it is a cap on child benefit, not a cap on the number of children you can have.

Oh, had a temporary blind moment.

Then yeah, 2 is good.

Reply 45

Rakas21

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Original post by Alfissti

As per the title and seems this might be a real possibility in UK in the near future.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2538052/Nick-Clegg-compares-Tory-child-benefit-plans-MAOIST-CHINA-Deputy-PM-objects-Chinese-style-family-policy-restricting-handouts-two-children.html

My take is yeah it should but there should also be caps on the Child Tax Credits at the same time.

I'd set the cap at three children and means test both child benefit and child tax credits at £60k. A positive birth rate is actually a good thing so long as the children in question go through the British education system and not one in a poor country.

Reply 46

LawAndNewsDebate

Capping benefits at two children will help discourage parents give birth to a third child for the sake of more money, which surely causes more finance problems because now they must provide for another person.

I do believe there should be exceptions otherwise it will encourage worried parents who did not plan to get pregnant and feel they would not be able to provide into considering abortion. On the other hand, they should have used protection correctly.

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Reply 47

username91207

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Capped at two births.

If someone has triplets, how do you decide which two are being paid for? :p:

Reply 48

Alfissti

OP

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Original post by snowyowl

Capped at two births.

If someone has triplets, how do you decide which two are being paid for? :p:

Probably be given for 2 the parents can use their head to figure out how to use it :smile:

Reply 49

The_Guv

Children should be capped at 2 children.

Reply 50

UniMastermindBOSS

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Original post by redferry

I dont think it should be because hard working people who fall on tough times and have more than two kids might really need that money.
We shouldn't be discouraging people from having children because otherwise we will end up with an ageing population.

Don't have so many kids if you can't afford to look after them without relying on benefits.

Original post by snowyowl

Capped at two births.

If someone has triplets, how do you decide which two are being paid for? :p:

No, it should be capped at two children.

If not, people will keep getting abortions or giving away their kids until they have triplets+

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 51

username91207

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Original post by UniMastermindBOSS

Don't have so many kids if you can't afford to look after them without relying on benefits.

No, it should be capped at two children.

If not, people will keep getting abortions or giving away their kids until they have triplets+

You seriously think people would do that?

Reply 52

redferry

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Original post by UniMastermindBOSS

Don't have so many kids if you can't afford to look after them without relying on benefits.

No, it should be capped at two children.

If not, people will keep getting abortions or giving away their kids until they have triplets+

So no one should ever have children just in case they become unemployed?

Reply 53

UniMastermindBOSS

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Original post by snowyowl

You seriously think people would do that?

Wouldn't surprise me if some did

Original post by redferry

So no one should ever have children just in case they become unemployed?

If a couple make £3000/mo with outgoings of £3000/mo and have no savings, but say "Oh, well, I can still have a kid because of child benefits" that's just stupid

If a couple make £3000/mo with outgoings of £2000/mo and have some money saved up, and say "We can afford to have a kid and with the help of benefits put some money into our savings as well" that's fine, because should one of them become unemployed, they still have some money saved up while they look for another job. They're not relying solely on having a job and benefits to be able to feed and clothe themselves.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 54

nohomo

5

What about we put all females on benefits on the pill, and all males on benefits on the male pill, or a pill injection which is longer lasting so they can't just pretend to take it? Then they can stop taking this pill when they have found stable employment and have as good a chance as anyone else of holding a job.

We could also apply this to people who are failing high school and attending poorly, until they sort themselves out.

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