Can anybody explain to me why ME the taxpayer should fund any additional benefits or payments to somebody who makes the choice to have kids?
Even you Rosenicola, can you give me a justifiable reason why I should? You both work, have a council home (ultimately funded by ME again) your maternity care, birth, schooling, health of you and the baby etc etc etc all funded by ME.
I don't wish to sound harsh, but why should the Government pay for me choosing NOT to have kids saving the economy a fortune over time. Or if I choose to take a 16 year sabatical to ski, sail, travel etc etc-MY CHOICE-.
This nanny state make me sick I tell ye, sick.
PS congratulations on the forthcoming birth of the wee bairn. I hope God blesses him or her with good fortune and health. X