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AND THE BUCHA-REST Romanian mum allowed to keep UK benefits despite the fact she’s NEVER lived here
The Sun ^ | 14th November 2018

Posted on 10/20/2019 2:52:07 PM PDT by 11th_VA

A judge has ruled a divorced Romanian mum must continue getting UK benefits even though she and her two children have never lived here. Mihaela Cornienco’s husband Bogdan, 45, worked as a meat hygiene inspector in Leeds and started claiming £150-a-month child benefit eight years ago.

The marriage failed and his whereabouts are unknown. Now a Romanian judge has said Mihaela is still entitled to the cash.

It said: “The divorce of the parents does not alter the fact that the children remain family members of their father, who lives and works in the UK.”

The ruling means UK taxpayers will provide a life-changing boost to Romanian Mihaela equivalent to nearly half the average monthly wage of £400-a-month...

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: boring; nothingburger; yawn
And this is why we have Brexit ...
1 posted on 10/20/2019 2:52:07 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Isn’t Socialism grand!


2 posted on 10/20/2019 2:57:42 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: 11th_VA

Where do we sign up?


3 posted on 10/20/2019 2:58:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 11th_VA

If he were still working there, I could understand.

But “his whereabouts are unknown”. So it totally does not make any sense.


4 posted on 10/20/2019 3:02:30 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: 11th_VA

Good ruling there. By the way, I worked in the UK for over 20 years. I have absolutely no evidence to prove that. And my whereabouts are currently unknown. Nevertheless, I demand that the UK send me a $2000 per month pension. Oops! I meant a £2000 per month pension.


5 posted on 10/20/2019 3:13:02 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: 11th_VA

The U.K. should tell Romania - when you produce the husband, we will “think about it”.

It sounds to me like the Romania judge acted a lot like the tort bar in the U.S. Forget who is really responsible for child support at this time, go after the deepest pockets.

And yes, all the more reason for the U.K. to get out of the ewe.


6 posted on 10/20/2019 3:15:33 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

yes, I’ll take some


7 posted on 10/20/2019 3:29:17 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Innovative
So it totally does not make any sense.

Sure it does. You haven't fully developed an understanding of third world economics yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wd4tlX5t-Q

8 posted on 10/20/2019 3:41:30 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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To: 11th_VA

Who will they blame when they run out of other people’s money?

Or, more accurately, who will they kill?

Because that’s always the socialist end game.

https://rickkelo.liberty.me/socialism-mass-murder/


9 posted on 10/20/2019 3:45:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats only believe in democracy when the election goes their way.)
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To: 11th_VA
400 Pounds a month makes you part of the richest 1% in Romania.
10 posted on 10/20/2019 5:14:56 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: MurrietaMadman
Or,better still...

Gypsies,Tramps and Thieves

11 posted on 10/20/2019 5:18:22 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: Gay State Conservative

400 Pounds a month makes you part of the richest 1% in Romania.


Not any longer. Maybe 20 years ago.


12 posted on 10/20/2019 5:21:23 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Gay State Conservative
Or,better still... Gypsies,Tramps and Thieves

Ha ha, you're right. And it would be even better if Cher wasn't singing. Forty plus years later...Ouch!

13 posted on 10/21/2019 7:05:46 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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