Letting off Steam in its finest form
Visited a friend of mine recently. She has had a baby in the last year, is on SW as is her partner who is classified as a dependant.
Friend informs me their rent is 800 per month, but they receive 760 pm Rent Allowance. So she pays a grand total of 40 euros a month.
At the time of the visit, I was on a high note as I had just applied and paid for college starting this September. College will be by night for 1st year. Fees are expensive, not to mention the 2 years fulltime that need to follow.
Said friend says "Thats gas! I'm back to college too in September. Hairdressing - all my fees are covered by the government and all my course materials - hairdryers, scissors, etc. - are free. Creche is free for me too! And I still get my dole".
Now I love my friend to bits - we've been friends since we were 10 years old and she always worked until she went travelling, but I actually felt so unbelieveably ANGRY. But she is only working the system this country has so foolishly put in place. They actually receive more money now sitting at home with their baby than they do if one or both of them worked in minimum wage jobs. So they have stopped looking for work altogether and I don't blame them for doing so.
How sickening is it for the people who word hard slogging it out to get paid every week putting as much aside as possible for a future. What is the point??? Why aren't we all sitting at home on our backsides milking the system???
Visited a friend of mine recently. She has had a baby in the last year, is on SW as is her partner who is classified as a dependant.
Friend informs me their rent is 800 per month, but they receive 760 pm Rent Allowance. So she pays a grand total of 40 euros a month.
At the time of the visit, I was on a high note as I had just applied and paid for college starting this September. College will be by night for 1st year. Fees are expensive, not to mention the 2 years fulltime that need to follow.
Said friend says "Thats gas! I'm back to college too in September. Hairdressing - all my fees are covered by the government and all my course materials - hairdryers, scissors, etc. - are free. Creche is free for me too! And I still get my dole".
Now I love my friend to bits - we've been friends since we were 10 years old and she always worked until she went travelling, but I actually felt so unbelieveably ANGRY. But she is only working the system this country has so foolishly put in place. They actually receive more money now sitting at home with their baby than they do if one or both of them worked in minimum wage jobs. So they have stopped looking for work altogether and I don't blame them for doing so.
How sickening is it for the people who word hard slogging it out to get paid every week putting as much aside as possible for a future. What is the point??? Why aren't we all sitting at home on our backsides milking the system???