UK: How benefits make parents better off if they decide to split

Submitted by AngryMan on Fri, 2009-01-02 07:36

Story here. Excerpt:

"David Cameron today attacked ministers' failure to protect the family after it emerged that couples with children can become more than £5,000 a year better off if they split up or choose to live apart.

A study by the Civitas think-tank shows how millions of working families are missing out on the benefits paid to single parents.

Today the Conservative leader said the report exposed the 'madness' of Government benefits policy and its failure to protect the family."

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Yet another reason for a man not to marry.

Let's face it, marriage is controlled by the matriarchy. It sucks *balls*. Best to just get rid of state-sponsored / regulated marriage altogether. Get married in a church if you want to. Never register your marriage with the state. If the matriarchal controllers of the system proclaim they have a right to control your life on the basis of your religious exercise, just sue.

Ridiculous. The biggest mistake in the modern world a man can make is to get married in the first place.

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Submitted by juliandroms on Fri, 2009-01-02 17:40