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Originally Posted by papa smurf
good news -if you can't afford to breed then don't expect the taxpayer to subsidise your life choices
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Leaves a lot of people in a bit of a quandry given women over 30 are being complained at for leaving having children until too late, in many cases until they are financially stable and ideally also have a stable housing tenure.
So women shouldn't have kids in their 30s because it increases costs on the NHS, and they shouldn't have kids if they can't afford them without in-work benefits. Meanwhile we also mustn't cut welfare for pensioners and immigration is too high, so exactly where the money is going to come from to fund these sacred benefits for retirees in the future is anyone's guess.
Perhaps some more effort on fixing the causes of the high welfare bill rather than simply trying to trim it would be a plan? Admittedly wouldn't have the political 'wow' factor that benefit caps and cuts would and may actually involve investment, perish the thought.
TLDR: Build some, or a lot, of bloody houses and other essential infrastructure, ensuring as many UK nationals as possible are trained and employed in these tasks and raise the minimum wage.