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Government Funding? WHAT'S GOING ON?

Government Funding? WHAT'S GOING ON?

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 7 months ago
I am writing this petition with a hope to take this to parliament with a general disgust at how this country offers help to its people. I have recently found out that an 86 year old woman who has worked for over 60 years gets NO help from our government because she is not in receipt of means tested benefits and has "savings" of which after she has paid out all of her outgoings, herself and her husband have £92 per month for food etc. A 32 year old woman, who has also worked for over 8 years in permanent employment, decided to become a stay at home Mum and look after her 2 children in their early years, as child care costs were too much for her to return to work, she was unable to return. She was only entitled to minimal tax credits from the government because her husband was employed, however low his income was. This then meant she was in over £2500 arrears with a number of companies and at threat to be cut off from her Energy provider. In both of these instances, each of these people were offered no further help from the government. There are available grants to anyone who is in receipt of means tested benefits, but not the elderly who have saved/earned and paid taxes, or any family who has also worked, saved and paid towards our society. It has also been widely broadcasted that our government will generously hand out benefits to people who have been in our country for less than 6 months who have not attempted to get work, not pay a penny into our society, and learn our language or even attempt to financially support themselves? Would this happen to us if we moved to another Country? SURELY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG? Is there any point in us working, earning, saving and hoping to have a comfortable future when our government seems to be helping the wrong people?

Updates

January 30, 2013

I have spent the past several days compiling the stories shared by those who have signed this petition. These accounts confirm that many families and seniors are struggling while falling through the gaps of our current support systems. I am currently preparing a formal inquiry to representatives in parliament to address these systemic failures.

January 30, 2013

The rapid growth of this petition shows that many people share these concerns regarding our current support systems. This momentum confirms that our call for fairness in government funding resonates deeply across the nation.

3 Comments

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Sarah Gordon
13 years ago Featured

This is so unfair. Why are people who have actually contributed to this country being pushed to the back of the line while others get everything handed to them. Something has to change.

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Mark Bailey
13 years ago Featured

Shameful.

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Dave Nasser
13 years ago Featured

Absolute joke. Worked my whole life and paid enough taxes to cover everyone and now i cant even get a straight answer when i need help.