Monday 18 January 2021

Hang On A Minute...!

Posting on the Facebook group Feeding Your Family on a Budget, Chantelle Monger proudly showed off her huge food shop which will feed the kids for days.
The large haul contrasts starkly with the recent free school meals packages - said to be worth £30 for two weeks - which have come under fire for containing just a small amount of fruit and veg along with some beans, bread, pasta and cheese.

Why is the subtext 'The government scheme is obviously a rip off' when it should be 'So, why can't these whinging parents do the same, using their child benefit, rather than stick their hands even further in taxpayers' pockets'...?

H/T: lurkingspider via Twitter

6 comments:

Rev. Spooner said...

What's this "...said to be worth £30 for two weeks" nonsense? Is it, or isn't it? It shouldn't take much journalistic talent (!) to find out, even at The Sun.

Anonymous said...

I think the government will eventually put things right on this matter. It is very generous of them to listen to people about those in need of help. Child benefit is all very well, but for as many years as I remember child benefit has been used by parents as a help to the household bills eg rent, heating, water etc as a child is in need of those things too and millions need their child benefit to stay afloat.
As Julia told me, it is a moral education that children need to understand when they have children, they should do as best they can to be financially and emotionally secure before starting a family. This is the only way to get the majority out of the benefit trap. Of course you will always have the 'takers' who will refuse to better themselves and those that don't put their children first, but the government is doing the right thing by trying to ensure children in need do not go without. And for those that say that parents who can buy phones, cigarettes and alcohol instead of feeding their children should realise that neglected children deserve to be fed to.
I am glad the government understands this.

Anonymous said...

Dear Anon, how long has it been the duty of the taxpayers to feed the children of others who neglect them? Surly the better answer would be crack down on such parents? If we do their job for them are we not enabling them to be negligent and therefore complicit in their neglect?

Anonymous said...

@ Anon
Of course it would be better if neglectful parents were cracked down upon but what action would one take, and under what law says thou shalt use thy last tenner on food shopping for thy kids rather than 20 benson and hedges?
It's the moral education I said about needed for children to break the poverty trap and become more caring towards their families and offspring.

JuliaM said...

"It shouldn't take much journalistic talent (!) to find out, even at The Sun."

Clearly, more than they have at their disposal!

"Child benefit is all very well, but for as many years as I remember child benefit has been used by parents as a help to the household bills eg rent, heating, water etc..."

Don't forget Sky, Netflix and JustEat! And if we keep 'feeding hungry children' they'll keep producing them.

"...but what action would one take, and under what law says thou shalt use thy last tenner on food shopping for thy kids rather than 20 benson and hedges?"

Child neglect laws cover this quite nicely.

Anonymous said...

'And if we keep 'feeding hungry children ' they'll keep producing them'.

That's not true Julia. With the right education this cycle can be broken.
It just needs the right education.