Claiming benefits when you do not need them?

[JBuk]

Something for me to moan about here. My good friend for many years has had a child and they are currently claiming Child Benefit. I ask them why for the simple reason he is earning £40,000 a year and is extremely well off as his parents pay for a lot of things. His answer was that the Child Benefit went into a savings scheme for his son, they don't need it but may aswell take it if it's being offered. Quite disgusted by this for the fact that they dont need it but they take it any way. While another friend of mine has 2 parents jobless & her father has mental health issues, trying their hardest to scratch through to the end of the day where a simple £10 would help them a lot.

why are you disgusted with them when it's the governments fault for offering them the benefit? of course people are going to take extra money even if it is not needed, I certainly would.

 

[RDM]

Quite disgusted by this for the fact that they dont need it but they take it any way. While another friend of mine has 2 parents jobless & her father has mental health issues, trying their hardest to scratch through to the end of the day where a simple £10 would help them a lot.

If they didn't claim it, your friend would still be in the same state.

 

[MeatLoaf]

If you needed housing/council tax benefit then he would have to claim to be eligioble