Anyone else sick of rich/privileged people moaning

I don't think rich people do moan, I haven't heard a rich person say 'I don't have enough money', because they obviously do. Complaining about how much you get taxed or how much you get paid is different to moaning.

Carers allowance pay is absolutely appalling, especially as it is well known how much they save the social/health care services.

The dole shouldn't be less, rather carers allowance should be brought up so that they represent a reasonable (as opposed to gross) saving on government-funded care. In fact, increasing the wage might even save money as more people could then afford to be carers.

I will study in Edinburgh Uni this year. I won't get maintenance loan, almost no support from my parents and will have to work to survive. Yet, I don't whine. That article is vile.

No surprise more and more people in the USA live in a van Cost of rent is becoming unbearable. Yet rich are never content. :\

I'm not aiming this at you particularly, but..
The bit in bold.. why does this shock people so much? Why are people surprised when they find that their student finance covers only the bare minimum? Why does everybody think they're entitled to money they've done absolutely nothing to earn? Student finance is quite rightly available only to cover the course, the rent, with a small amount left over for essentials. In the majority of cases, if individuals learn how to budget, it's absolutely possible. There is no way SFE should be paying for people to go out and get drunk, or to go on trips or have luxuries, because that's just not what it's there for.

The only thing that I believe needs to be said about this thread is that..

The family in the article work for their money.
Students are handed money to enable them to complete a degree, which they are INCREDIBLY lucky to receive. Imagine you were in a country that doesn't have this system. You'd have to save up for years and years in a crappy job if you wanted a degree.. and that's assuming your country offers education at all.

I genuinely don't understand why you feel so hard done to because you have to work to survive.. you'll be doing so for the rest of your adult life, anyway.

Not really, it's just a different type of moaning. It's in the same category as well-off people moaning that they can't afford to gas up the Range Rover as often because of the price of fuel, or the price of Jocasta's prep school. Privileged people moan about the price of access to privileged stuff and about not having even more privelege.

I don't feel hard done. I agree with 100%. I just emphasize that I'm proud to work in the UK and earn a living while studying. Also I'm eternally grateful for opportunity to be exempt from fees as EU student. That means a lot and I will pay back through taxes when I graduate.

Students are the worst for this. Especially those suburban, sheltered, middle -class ones...ugh!

We're a family of 6 and for the past few years, we're having to get by on an income of under £10,000. Next academic year, that income will be supporting a family of 4. I don't understand how she can complain about £75,000...

If people don't want to do that, then don't moan. You don't need a big house.

You'd be getting quite a lot of benefits though.

It's all relative. I have no money and I moan, but there are people out there that are dying of malaria and have 2 hours to live.

You've clearly never been in the situation where your income drops suddenly.

And if it was up to me, I would limit child benefit to two children.

You've clearly never been in the situation where your income drops suddenly. It's not a case of needing something - it's enjoying what you have got. When that suddenly changes, then it's a hell of a big thing, even if you are wealthy. I don't think it's at all unacceptable to complain about having to uproot your settled life and move somewhere smaller or in a cheaper area, where you probably don't want to live and are only choosing because you have no other option. I know I certainly would.

would that be 2 births or if you had triplets, you'd only get benefits for 2?

You've clearly never been in the situation where your income drops suddenly. It's not a case of needing something - it's enjoying what you have got. When that suddenly changes, then it's a hell of a big thing, even if you are wealthy. I don't think it's at all unacceptable to complain about having to uproot your settled life and move somewhere smaller or in a cheaper area, where you probably don't want to live and are only choosing because you have no other option. I know I certainly would.