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Don't expect us to pay benefits for unlimited babies, says minister
Daily Mail ^ | 4:19 PM on 7th October 2010 | By Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 10/07/2010 9:05:46 AM PDT by Niuhuru

A Cabinet minister was branded 'abhorrent' today after saying that the state should not provide limitless support to benefits claimants with large families. Campaigners reacted with fury after the Culture

Secretary Jeremy Hunt savaged the policy of sizeable handouts totalling more than the average household earns. Mr Hunt claimed that the Government's proposed cap on benefits reflected the need for claimants to 'take responsibility' for their children.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: babies; benefits; benefitsclaimants; britain; campaigners; culture; families; handout; household; policy; uk; welfare
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Common sense! Britain is its issues, but they at least admit and face that they have a problem.
1 posted on 10/07/2010 9:05:49 AM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: Niuhuru

Atlas Shrugged (getting to be monotonous how much reality is coming to ape this book)

The car company that went socialist - every baby born to an employee became looked at as a burden, not a joy.


2 posted on 10/07/2010 9:08:30 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Niuhuru

Who branded him abhorrent?

The people who have too many kids and are getting the checks, or those who have to chip in to pay for the little Bastids?


3 posted on 10/07/2010 9:08:36 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Niuhuru

Common Sense is “abhorrent” in the Land of Eng, a farcical habitat.


4 posted on 10/07/2010 9:12:55 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Niuhuru

Even Spain cut back on their baby payouts


5 posted on 10/07/2010 9:13:10 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: Niuhuru

‘The breakfast supplied by the council isn’t like proper hot food. It’s usually eggs, beans, tinned tomatoes and cereal, which isn’t really enough for us all and we have to heat it up ourselves.’

The horror! :O


6 posted on 10/07/2010 9:13:24 AM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Niuhuru
Great Britain and other countries in Europe are finally getting it! There is no such thing as free benefits!!!
7 posted on 10/07/2010 9:13:53 AM PDT by wmileo
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To: Niuhuru

Let’s see if this fellow has the balls to stick to his guns.

The same attack format is used here: a candidate/politician makes a common-sense comment about an ridiculous entitlement. The response is strident and shrill with claims of racism or callousness.

Said politician then usually backs-down OR - they fight it and engage in debate. They are often frightened into backing-down, because the media is instant and loud, while honest debate and support usually take slightly longer to reveal themselves.


8 posted on 10/07/2010 9:14:13 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: DManA
Too many entitlements and no incentives... yes... every baby is a burden...

No entitlements and the incentive for self-survival and even the incentive to get ahead with the sky as a limit...and every baby is a joy and benefit to society.

The difference between socialism and free market capitalism.

9 posted on 10/07/2010 9:15:54 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Patrick Henry and Joe Wilson...Patriots past and present!)
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I thought the point of the payments was to increase the birth rate.... why would they care how many kids a particular person has, shouldn't they just be happy that their program to increase the number of children worked?
10 posted on 10/07/2010 9:16:20 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Niuhuru; All

Here’s the unspoken backstory, y’all:

They obligingly show a picture of the nice Anglo family with all those kids — but the FACT is that in Britain (as in the US and the rest of Europe), the birth rate for Anglos is not too high, but too LOW. (<2 per couple; won’t even sustain the culture over time.)

By far the largest number of outsized families in Britain (and throughout Europe) are “Asian”. That is to say, MUSLIM.

...and now you know the REST of the story.


11 posted on 10/07/2010 9:17:41 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Niuhuru

Socialism destroys everything. They could have solved every national problem by sticking to a free society, encouraging unselfish behavior, and relying on voluntary acts of charity to help the poor. This led to nothing but prosperity in the USA.

Britain is so far gone into corruption and insanity that anyone who raises a child there is a total fool. They wonder why the children grow up to be “Chaves” when they hit the teen years. British children have nothing to look forward to but misery, slavery, disease, and death.


12 posted on 10/07/2010 9:19:03 AM PDT by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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Britain is already a Muslim country. Europe is a Muslim continent. Whenever leftists take over, so do their other murderous buddies.

If native Brits want to have kids, they should move to a free country. They are already refugees in their own nation.


13 posted on 10/07/2010 9:22:55 AM PDT by Soothesayer (“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license...")
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Too many entitlements and no incentives... yes... every baby born to a entitlement leech is a burden to hardworking taxpayers...

sorry for the adjustment but my babies are not a burden to me or any other hardworking taxpayer.

14 posted on 10/07/2010 9:23:05 AM PDT by sniper63 (I am the leader of the TEA Party, I, myself am the leader of me, myself for I am the TEA Party!)
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To: Niuhuru

Everywhere that has social programs is going to be forced t do this.A family with 10 kids should not get anymore than one with 2 because contrary to what the liberals think Wefare queens will have more for the benefits and not give it a secnd thought.If limits were put in place you’d rapidly see a decline in the birthrate of the welfare class.


15 posted on 10/07/2010 9:27:06 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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How ‘bout a lifetime cap on entitlements? They can have as many kids as they want, but it just makes their bennies run out faster...


16 posted on 10/07/2010 9:30:50 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Well, now the immigrants will have to PAY for their children and not be able to mooch. I am sure more native born Brits will be born once they aren’t breaking their backs to support one bunch after another.


17 posted on 10/07/2010 9:32:49 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: PGR88

The minister won’t. Too many murderous taxpayers out there who would string him up if he did relent.


18 posted on 10/07/2010 9:33:55 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: wmileo

Oh the people knew that, just not the politicians.


19 posted on 10/07/2010 9:37:06 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Niuhuru

Secretary Jeremy Hunt savaged the policy of sizeable handouts totalling more than the average household earns
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Same thing in the US...

It pays more to get welfare etc for a large family than go to work...

The benefitsa go on and on...

Free medical, dental, school lunches even in the summer...

Free outings, entertainment for the kids...

Put on lots of free Christmas presen, Angel tree, new clothing lists etc from churches and organizations..

How many new bicycles does a child need ???

But the struggling family that works ???

Nada...

No free anything...


20 posted on 10/07/2010 9:37:34 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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