Centra's Children's Allowance Day deals (1 Viewer)

[shower another shower]

It's all cool if you're buying the beer for your kids.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Bud + Miller ain't nice.

Centra is baaad anyways - I hate shopping there.

 

[therealjohnny]

Why not scrap the children's allowance AND increase taxation of the childless, after all they're not paying the cost of producing future taxpayers to look after them in their old age and pay for their pension etc.


The childless are a massive future burden on society.

We at ''Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents" (SSCCATAGAPP) would disagree

 

[therealjohnny]

 

[shower another shower]

Bud + Miller ain't nice.

Centra is baaad anyways - I hate shopping there.

It's grand for the kids, sure.

 

[Goodbye]

This is true, I wouldn't give anything stronger than Budweiser to my kid. I'm not a bad parent.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

BEECHWOOD AGED

 

[therealjohnny]

This is true, I wouldn't give anything stronger than Budweiser to my kid. I'm not a bad parent.

your signature had me very confused

 

[Goodbye]

Santino Aladdin liked this post

 

[therealjohnny]

ngggnggnn ..

 

[Psycho Punk]

The whole swirling morass of commentary today has touched on a load of issues. The person who originally drew attention to the flyer was pointing out the crassness and bad ethics of targetting their advertising in such a manner. He wasn't taking a potshot at the payment itself. However, comments have run the gamut from class warfare "flog the poor" stuff, suggesting voucher/debit card systems to minimise fraud, to lengthy tirades on the pointlessness of getting annoyed about anything on the internet, it's all a storm in a teacup, to stuff like SURE THEY'RE ONLY TRYING TO MAKE A FEW BOB FECKS SAKE MICKEY MONEY LOL. It seems clear that a lot of commentmongers of the "flog the poor" persuasion don't realise that the Child Benefit is available to all parents in the state, and isn't means tested. I discussed the issue last night on the twitter and introducing restrictions on what the payment is used for is widely seen as nanny-stateism, paternalistic etc. Also, the unintended consequence of introducing restrictions on the payment might actually mean more children go without. That is, one way of circumventing for example the US food stamps system is to buy legit goods and flog them for cheaper to another person, then spend the received cash on whatever you want.

The class wars I wage are against the rich. But that doesn't mean that all poor people are saints. Some parents do spend the childrens allowance on booze and cigarettes, Fergus Finlay of Barnardos was on the news pointing out that 9% of children live with parents who have an alcohol problem. If people don't spend the money on booze then they are unlikely to object to vouchers. Fraud could be dealt with by vouchers that only work with a personal SW card.

 

[washingcattle]

The class wars I wage are against the rich. But that doesn't mean that all poor people are saints. Some parents do spend the childrens allowance on booze and cigarettes, Fergus Finlay of Barnardos was on the news pointing out that 9% of children live with parents who have an alcohol problem. If people don't spend the money on booze then they are unlikely to object to vouchers. Fraud could be dealt with by vouchers that only work with a personal SW card.

People with alcohol problems don't give two fucks what price budweiser or fucking miller are.

 

[Psycho Punk]

People with alcohol problems don't give two fucks what price budweiser or fucking miller are.

True, but thats an ongoing problem. Don't give them more money to spend on booze. Give them vouchers that can only be used to buy certain items.

 

[washingcattle]

Which they can sell for money to buy booze ? I don't think you really understand what people with alcohol problems are really like and legislating for people with these problems fucks everybody squarely in the arse and makes only a slight inconvenience for those who don't want/can't get help with their problems. This is exactly what's wrong with this shit hole country "we'll make it harder for drug addicts and alcoholics" no, you'll make it harder on everyone, but being a drug addict or alcoholic will still be their full time job and they will find a way around any/all legislations to remain so.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

The class wars I wage are against the rich. But that doesn't mean that all poor people are saints. Some parents do spend the childrens allowance on booze and cigarettes, Fergus Finlay of Barnardos was on the news pointing out that 9% of children live with parents who have an alcohol problem. If people don't spend the money on booze then they are unlikely to object to vouchers. Fraud could be dealt with by vouchers that only work with a personal SW card.

I think that 9% sound ridiculously low to me.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I think that 9% sound ridiculously low to me.

That 91% of kids are living with parents who don't have an alcohol problem sounds like a massive fucking win to me.

G'wan Ireland


I have a kid AND an alcohol problem but my kid doesn't live with me, so it's grand

 

[Space]

Pretty sure the person who started this whole thing was an avid thumped poster a few years ago.

 

[pete]

Pretty sure the person who started this whole thing was an avid thumped poster a few years ago.

GET HIM

 

[washingcattle]

GET HIM A FEW BOTTLES OF BUD OUT OF MONEY YOU COULD BE SPENDING ON YOUR KIDS COUGH SYRUP

Fixed.

 

[Space]

GET HIM

By thing I meant reporting on it as opposed to coming up with the idea of spending the childer's allowance on shitty beer.