OT bounty packs rant and vent

Irish Marie wrote:

I can't say I do either, lmao!!!
Let me try and make sense of you, are you saying that you don't need child
benefit and would be happy for Charlie to take it back and give you bigger
deductions in your PAYE? The reason being why?

We don't *need* it...we'd prefer that maybe Charlie the Great look into
giving deductions for charity offerings. We'd get more from deductions
(that are across the board) than the bits from child benefit.

I think getting money directly is great :-)

No, it's great...but personally, we'd like less tax to pay overall :-).

It's not at all like WIC, because they do give free formula don't they?

I'm not sure about that...

Here the child benefit can be used for whatever.........................oh
ok, I think I get you now. But you know I reckon that parents that use the
child benefit money misguidedly are spending it on cigarettes and alcohol,
the formula being the last thing on their mind.

Well, yeah, there's that. That and those durned fancy 3 wheel
strollers, that shouldn't be on Grafton Street (unless they're
navigating the perils of Smithfield snort).

Ours is just added into the family budget, apart from December's which goes
on toys mainly!
BTW I'm tired too so most probably not making much sense.

Nah, we're of the same mind...we just can't type it :-).
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'Tis Herself

"Vicki S" wrote in message
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(Herself) wrote:
... We don't *need* it...we'd prefer that maybe Charlie the Great
look into giving deductions for charity offerings. ...

Please forgive my ignorance, but who the h*ll is Charlie? I didn't want
to look completely stupid so I googled a bit and learned that your Prime
Minister is named Bertie and your President is named Mary.... So who
is Charlie??

The Finance Minister who has just recently issued the Budget 2004. His name
is Charlie McCreevy.
http://www.budgetforum.com/

http://www.fiannafail.ie/minister_cv_37.htm


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Marie
Mum of 3
DD born 03/98, DS1 born 11/99 DS2 born 08/03

Vicki S wrote:

(Herself) wrote:
... We don't *need* it...we'd prefer that maybe Charlie the Great
look into giving deductions for charity offerings. ...

Please forgive my ignorance, but who the h*ll is Charlie? I didn't want
to look completely stupid so I googled a bit and learned that your Prime
Minister is named Bertie and your President is named Mary.... So who
is Charlie??

Sorry, I keep forgetting that others can read this too :-).
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'Tis Herself

(Herself) wrote in message ...
Irish Marie wrote:

"Herself" wrote in message
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That's a big reason why the bf rate is so low in our countries. That
and child benefit (I think, at least).
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Why child benefit?

It was late and I was tired :-). Darn Usenet, can't take something back
easily.

Although child benefit (and WIC, in the states) I do think contribute
some...WIC, from that I've read, seems to reward women for using formula
because they get more money. Of course, if they wanted to skew the
results, they could bf, and then use the formula money for other things.

Child benefit can be used the same way...but you get the money
regardless...
snip

But if you ware on a low income you get Infant tokens for milk for the
mother, and later on milk tokens for the baby. So you don't need to
use the child benefit for milk at all.

teapot

In article ,
"Irish Marie" wrote:

"Vicki S" wrote in message
...
(Herself) wrote:
... We don't *need* it...we'd prefer that maybe Charlie the Great
look into giving deductions for charity offerings. ...

Please forgive my ignorance, but who the h*ll is Charlie? ...

The Finance Minister who has just recently issued the Budget 2004. His name
is Charlie McCreevy.

Thank you. :-)
I figured it was something like that.

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-- Vicki
Married DH May 21, 1995
Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02.
"Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb
I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count?