TV for sale "Can you hold it until Child Benefit day"

Went out two weeks ago and splashed out on a smart tv I love it is great and unlike my old plasma it has the saorview built in.

Anyway I put my old TV up on a website (wont mention the name of the site) to get rid of it because I have no space for it. Few calls about it asking could I deliver it to Cork etc couldn't though.

Got a call today from a traveler girl in Cashel which is a town very close to me. Could hear a load of kids screaming/beating/cursing at each other in the background. She seemed very interested in it but turned around and said can you hold it until child benefit day (didn't give me a chance to say a guy just called 10 minutes before and already arranged to meet me at 5pm in Thurles). Told her someone was coming to meet me about it (which he did, nice gentleman fast transaction). She went mental starting cursing screaming abuse and hung up.

Its not so much the abuse i am angry about but the way she was planning to spend the child benefit to purchase a TV.

Another story. Few weeks ago I was in Clonmel post office had important documents I had to register and send off for my boss it was like the airports in the 80s long queau of people. This girl pushing a pram and her boyfriend were behind me they went up to the counter withdrew at least 500 from the dole card he withdrew his unemployment payment at the counter the other side of me. Anyway about two hours later was putting some shopping away in my car at M&S and seen them pushing a trolley full of drink and luxury items past me and opening the booth of an 05 Audi A4 (how the hell did they afford that on benefits, i can only afford a Mondeo and i work 5 days a week and earn just under 800pw) anyway you would think bumping into them twice was enough, later that day i was in McD's eating my big macs lol and they came up and sat down. 4 kids and one baby in her arms who she was screaming at to shut up. They bought the most expensive meals for themselves and the children from what I could see just had one happy meal box between them. Selfish *******. The little girl who was only about 3 years old was running around as children do and he grabbed her in a way that he nearly broke her arm, scumbag.

Just want to ask

WHY ARE WE SUBSIDISING THIS.

As a taxpayer I have no problem with child benefit been paid to disadvantage families to help them take care of their children provided it is SPENT ON THE CHILDREN.

Mrs Burton should take this into consideration in the budget. She is going around saying the working class should not be receiving it yet the career claimants are spending it on car insurance, drink, televisions the lot and the children are not getting anything out of it. Maybe the state should require receipts from Penney's, Tesco etc to prove its been spent on the child.