Tonight With Vincent Browne Thread v2.0

tayto lover wrote: »

So do I but we cannot generalise and cut all of them to get at some of them. Also if we want to get at the parent then why do we want to punish the child ?

I completely agree.

It is hard on the children, but it is time to make the change for the future. That is why they are gradually bringing it in over a few years.

I know too many people who were happt to just claim instead of working when there were pleanty of jobs in the country.

There are great access schemes/back to education allowances that single parents should be jumping at, while they are still avaiable.

I believe if there is no single mother benefit, people will think twice about having children.

noodler wrote: »

She doesn't seem to think at all.

Anyone can be emotional about anything but if they are given airtime on a panel show I expect some sort of tangible contribution to the debate rather than getting bitchy with the other panel members.

Jim deserved every bit of it.

johncdub wrote: »

I completely agree.

It is hard on the children, but it is time to make the change for the future. That is why they are gradually bringing it in over a few years.

I know too many people who were happt to just claim instead of working when there were pleanty of jobs in the country.

There are great access schemes/back to education allowances that single parents should be jumping at, while they are still avaiable.

I believe if there is no single mother benefit, people will think twice about having children.

Again I agree. It is something that is costing us all too much. However we have to put in proper procedures to alleviate the problem. It is not a one size fits all remedy. They are all not deliberately getting pregnant in order to access housing.

If Jim had any sense he would apologise for his earlier comment.

WhatNowForUs? wrote: »

Hi. im in bed without a tv. what coment did he come out with

He said that single parents are single parents by choice.

Happyman42 wrote: »

Funny you should say that, I was just criticising a poster called noodler for not being able to hear what an obviously impassioned spokesperson was saying because they where too busy thinking of something juvenile and smartarsey to say about them.

If you want avoid criticising somebody's lack of coherent argument on a panel show because they got emotional then you go ahead.

I will continue to judge the performance of people who go on panel shows on front of a national audience based on what they say.

watched the show later than usual last night.

Jim Power is hilarious. I've met 1st year commerce students with a more nuanced view of society. he should just drop the pretense and get a job as a market cheerleading radio talk show host. the man has zero credibility.

On lone parents, I realise that there are two sides to this argument. On the surface it can sometimes appear that people are screwing the system. However, it's far more complicated than just women want free house and money to have children. My experience having met many lone parents is that the majority are genuinely struggling and are caught in a trap of having to look after children, pay for food, clothes, bills etc, but at the same time wanting to try to do something with their lives. I don't know how many of them cope and having to deal with the current round of lone parent bashing can't help either. All of the dross that's spoken about single mothers is enough to make anyone side with them.

Water charges tonight I believe.

Did anyone see Mary Lou on the News ? She looked like an Indian squaw who fell asleep under a sunlamp, oompa loompa.

What is Constantin doing with his hair ? He looks like Moe out of the Three Stooges.