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Originally Posted by Hiroki
*Holds hands high in the air* that was my number one reason.
We don't claim for them in my house as I make enough money from work and various other ways so I am able to support my gf & son but a lot of my friends were **** scared about loosing the tax credits (child tax credits) as they depended on them and thought they would be plunged into poverty if they lost them and I felt bad for that reason and wondered what the **** I would do in that situation.
Never knew that it would only affect people who earnt 45k or over 
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Worse than that, it was actually only going to be removed for those who have household incomes over 50k, tapered at a lower level than that, but removing it from those who need it was never on the agenda from either Tories or Lib Dems.
You'd actually be better off under either Tory or Lib Dem taxation and tax credit plans than Labour - you believed the scare stories, and got blagged
