Families Unable To Cope With Cost Of Living Crisis

[lankeela]

yet they have a houseful of kids - one on the BBC news had seven! This morning interviewed on Trussell Trust segment one woman had four and they had bags of food ready for a family of ten. I find myself screaming at the tv then don't have so many ***** kids.

[ToraToraTora]

I bet they've all got the latest Iphone, big screen TV, games console, fags, booze, wacky baccy, take away every night! Savages!

[Canary42]

You're at it again - unevidenced assumptions then attacked.

[Bazile]

When did these people give birth to these kids

During this recent cost of living increase ?

[Untitled]

did the parents have children with previous partners before they got together?

could they afford to look after their family before the sudden and unexpected price rises taking place this year?

are iphones etc. gifts or hand-me-downs from elsewhere in the family or did they save for them? how old are the phones?

it would be helpful to actually see the coverage of these people that have got your back up so much

[naomi24]

Canary, if one woman has seven kids how is that unevidenced? She has seven kids.

[Untitled]

but did she actually give birth to seven kids or did she have three and move in with a partner who already had four? has anything happened to this person that might have limited her ability to earn money e.g. sudden health issues or bad luck.

the world is extremely chaotic and our circumstances are typically not under our full control.

[sandyRoe]

Who knows, perhaps her husband fell in some foreign land while in the service of his country.
She, now a poor widow, and her children could then be considered members of the deserving poor.
We shouldn't jump to conclusions.

[davebro]

Could we have a link please so we know what, in particular, is being discussed?

[naomi24]

Or maybe there are two parents who don't want to work and expect the rest of us to keep them. Lots of possible scenarios.

[Untitled]

why are you so determined to find reasons to hold other people in contempt?

[jno]

the cost of living crisis is less than a year old. Did they perhaps conceive and bear seven children in that time? I'm surprised it didn't make the news.

[naomi24]

Why are you so determined to excuse people who won't take responsibility for themselves?

[Untitled]

because people are not typically responsible for being impoverished

[goodgoalie]

In these cases I always wonder where is/are the father(s)

[Bazile]

There are lots of families who are responsible and want to take care of their kids , without relying on the state .

When they decided to have kids ( however many ) they more than likely could afford to do so and couldn't envisage this cost of living crisis .

To infer that all these families are lazy and irresponsible for having X number of kids is frankly wrong .

Wouldn't it be great if we could see into the future

[davebro]

as you make your bed so must you lay in it

cut your coat according to your cloth

[naomi24]

//because people are not typically responsible for being impoverished//

Many are.

[youngmafbog]

//because people are not typically responsible for being impoverished//

What utter liberal elite codswallop.

[ToraToraTora]

untitled:"because people are not typically responsible for being impoverished " - so who is then?

[cashier]

I've just got home from a city nearby. All takeaway food outlets Greggs, McDonald's and such like were crammed. Same with seating eateries were the same. I don't know about the food serving pubs. Perhaps people need lessons in how and where to cut down. The front page of a newspaper had the story of nurse who had to eat patient's left over food because she couldn't afford to buy it. It didn't seem to occur to her to make something before she goes to work. People like Martin Lewis never seem to address these things instead of just saying 'it's the government's problem.