I can't survive on £500 a week benefits

Festy

A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in state handouts has complained she is struggling to make ends meet.
Marie Buchan, 31, whose children range in age from 12 to two months, lives in a three-bedroom housing association house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, but says it's not big enough and has applied for a bigger one.
And she says her benefits payments, which were reduced from £582 a week to £500 a week in September after the government introduced a cap on handouts, are not enough for her family to survive on


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2516745/I-survive-500-week-benefits-says-Birmingham-single-mother-eight.html





My heart bleeds for you

Fr_Dougal

1. UK
2. Daily Mail

Number of fcuks given:0.

Sauve

Festy wrote: »

My heart bleeds for you

Are you for real?
£500 for nine people?
That averages out at £55 per person per week.

I couldn't live on £55 per week. No chance.
Well, maybe as a one-off I could, with no rent or bills to pay out of that.

dobman88

FFS, I work full time and don't even earn that never mind take it home!! Ungrateful kunt!!

hfallada

In fairness maybe she shouldn't have had a **** load of children, if she wasnt going to support them herself, but instead rely on state handouts.

Sauve

dobman88 wrote: »

FFS, I work full time and don't even earn that never mind take it home!! Ungrateful kunt!!

Do you have 8 dependants at home?

.Henry Sellers.

Her fanny must be in bits, she deserves every penny.

Links234

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

1. UK
2. Daily Mail

Number of fcuks given:0.

I'd really love to hit people who post links to the daily fail over the head with a rolled up newspaper. That'd be one use for that waste of paper

Boombastic

how many fathers, how much do they contribute?

MrStuffins

Sauve wrote: »

Do you have 8 dependants at home?

If you can't afford to feed 8 kids, son't have 8 f*cking kids!

Sauve

MrStuffins wrote: »

If you can't afford to feed 8 kids, son't have 8 f*cking kids!

That's not the point.
She does have them, they're here, and they're real, innocent children, so they need to be taken care of. Maybe even educated so they don't end up in the same unfortunate situation their mother is in.

What would you do, feck the whole lot of them out to fend for themselves?

Mint Aero

C*nt

dodderangler

Why doesn't she go work on the streets then. Already well used to her legs been open. 8 kids ffs at 31 and where's the father or fathers???
P1ss off and sing another song to someone who gives a sh1t

dodderangler

dodderangler wrote: »

Why doesn't she go work on the streets then. Already well used to her legs been open. 8 kids ffs at 31 and where's the father or fathers???
P1ss off and sing another song to someone who gives a sh1t

What a disgusting post that is.

I don't know what's worse sometimes - articles printed in the Daily Mail, the people that comment on them, or some of the people that post here.

keith16

dodderangler wrote: »

Why doesn't she go work on the streets then.

P1ss off and sing another song to someone who gives a sh1t

Why are you worried where she works if you don't give a shit?

April O Neill II

dodderangler wrote: »

Why doesn't she go work on the streets then. Already well used to her legs been open. 8 kids ffs at 31 and where's the father or fathers???
P1ss off and sing another song to someone who gives a sh1t

Doubt she'd get a good price after 8 kids...

dotsman

And how much is she getting from the dad(s)?

Having one "accident" isn't the worst thing, having two is pretty bad luck, but having eight??? By the age of 32?

Karl Stein

I envy a single Mum who lives in a shoe
with so many kids she didn't know what to do
down to the social for buggies galore
selling them for profit door-to-door.

Lapin

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

1. UK
2. Daily Mail

3. Story is about 6 months out of date.

MrStuffins

Sauve wrote: »

That's not the point.
She does have them, they're here, and they're real, innocent children, so they need to be taken care of. Maybe even educated so they don't end up in the same unfortunate situation their mother is in.

What would you do, feck the whole lot of them out to fend for themselves?

No and it's ridiculius to suggest I am saying the kids should be kicked out on the streets to fend for themselves.

But isn't that the attitude that lets a lot of benefit scroungers away with this?

"Well, if I just have the kids they can't let me and them starve".

Femme_Fatale

MrStuffins wrote: »

If you can't afford to feed 8 kids, son't have 8 f*cking kids!

The point was though, that saying "I don't get that much per month" (and this often is what these grievances boil down to rather than actually caring about society and where taxpayers' money in general is going) is moot unless the person saying it has eight kids.

Yes, she's stupid, careless and irresponsible for having eight children (ditto the father) and having to be relying solely on benefits to raise them. One or two children in such circumstances - these things happen, and happen to lots of responsible people, but eight is miles too far.
However, those eight children are here - pointless saying she shouldn't have had them when that can't be undone now - and they need to be provided for. They are the important ones here and aren't to blame for their parents' irresponsibility.

The Daily Mail only interviewed her and only published it to rabble-rouse and **** with people's heads and demonise honest, decent single mothers/people on welfare (i.e. the majority).

B.A._Baracus

Something I don't get about the Daily Mail....
People on here keep saying it's full of crap - am not disagreeing :P Clearly the daily mail love being sensationalist. But to what level of crap? Like there is a face to this story... a name ...

Do they just blow stories out? like reality is this woman could be on £300 but thats not going to anger readers so blow it up to £500?
Or, as crazy as it sounds, it's not really Marie Buchan 31 but Sarah Jones, 33, aspiring hairdresser from east essex with her children whilst husband/daddy is off camera :pac:

Or she is just some woman who honestly wants more money from the goverment and thinks by going to the mail it will help her?! I honestly don't know. lol. I just keep reading how the daily mail is full of crap on here.

My name is URL

Sauve wrote: »

Are you for real?
£500 for nine people?
That averages out at £55 per person per week.

I couldn't live on £55 per week. No chance.
Well, maybe as a one-off I could, with no rent or bills to pay out of that.

She had 8 kids over the course of 12 years... whether a person in her position has enough in £2000 per month is neither here nor there when you think about it. How much would be enough, and should the state be expected to provide whatever it is?

It's self-entitled bullshit.. she can either afford to look after 8 kids with what she has, or should be deemed unfit to care for so many.

Sauve

dodderangler wrote: »

Why doesn't she go work on the streets then. Already well used to her legs been open. 8 kids ffs at 31 and where's the father or fathers???
P1ss off and sing another song to someone who gives a sh1t

Wow. Charming.

Would it ever occur to you that maybe she's not as well educated or well rounded as you are? Maybe she didn't have the type of upbringing that instilled more self-worth into her. That maybe she doesn't know any better, and attitudes like yours will never stop the vicious cycle that she's in?

Peadarpan

Whoa they are mixed-race children too LOL. Imagine that, the father walked out :rolleyes: I'm not touching this one with a barge pole.

Femme_Fatale

Peadarpan wrote: »

I'm not touching this one with a barge pole.

You just did.

bigneacy

You don't know this woman's situation. How do you know she's not recently widowed by a well paid family man? I don't know her situation either but that's my point. It's immediately *rabble rabble rabble* how many fathers? *rabble rabble rabble* free house *rabble rabble rabble* state scrounger

I wonder would the hard line, right wingers of AH be quite so acid tongued if they met this woman, seen her kids or witnessed her situation? Or god forbid; checked facts before condemning this "ungrateful kunt" (sic)

dobman88

Sauve wrote: »

Do you have 8 dependants at home?

That's not the point. I work hard for my money, whether I have kids or not. She does fcuk all and gets £500 a week and is complaining about it!!

It is the complaining that pisses me off, she should be happy with what she gets.

IvySlayer

What an ungrateful leech.

hfallada

.Henry Sellers. wrote: »

Her fanny must be in bits, she deserves every penny.

I wonder will she try and claim vaginal rejuvenation on the NHS also.

Femme_Fatale

Amazed her hotness hasn't been commented on; that's usually deemed the most important element of these stories. After Hours, what's going on...?! :pac:

Oh wait, the likely state of her fanny has been mentioned a couple of times. Balance restored.

My name is URL wrote: »

It's self-entitled bullshit

Not gonna argue with that, but moreso in relation to her own attitude - the kids do need to be provided for.

she can either afford to look after 8 kids with what she has...

Don't know whether the €55 per person is enough each week - I guess it depends on needs of the individual. I assume it would be enough for a child some weeks though?

BillyMitchel

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dole, mothers, daily mail, rabble rabble rabble

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bla single mothers bla dole money bla

bla bla rabble rabble blaaaa house

There should be a subsection on boards for this crap. bla bla kids

Bla rabble budweiser



8 kids by 30? Thats some gamey chick all the same bla bla

rabble

Sam Kade

Boombastic wrote: »

how many fathers, how much do they contribute?

If there is more than 1 they are all of the same origin

General General

The nonsense posts on this thread are killing me, look anyone having up to 16 kids on welfare is fine & should get all the support that taxpayers can give, regardless of their views.

17 kids on welfare, now THAT is taking the p!ss.. but anything up to 16, fine.

Femme_Fatale

dobman88 wrote: »

I work hard for my money

Excellent. This tune is in my head for the night.

/dances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX7MbG6MiQs

mikemac1

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Do they just blow stories out? like reality is this woman could be on £300 but thats not going to anger readers so blow it up to £500?

They break down the three schemes she was on and the amount of each to the pound.

Boombastic wrote: »

how many fathers, how much do they contribute?

One and nothing mentioned

zenbuffy

The article says that there is just one dad, and he walked out a short while ago. Interesting to see how many jumped to the conclusion that she must have been sleeping around to have so many kids...

BillyMitchel

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Excellent. This tune is in my head for the night.

/dances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX7MbG6MiQs

What about this one?!

Sam Kade

zenbuffy wrote: »

The article says that there is just one dad, and he walked out a short while ago. Interesting to see how many jumped to the conclusion that she must have been sleeping around to have so many kids...

More than likely he has plenty more children with other women

Sittingpretty

Had to LOL at the face on the small baby on her lap in last pic.

Like "Jees, is this over yet? SCARLEH!"

Femme_Fatale

Sam Kade wrote: »

More than likely he has plenty more children with other women

"More than likely"?

Jeez... it's not an impossibility (although I don't know about "plenty" more children) but it's also likely he just had eight children with her and that's it.

Mint Aero

It would hardly be difficult for nine people to survive on 2k a month would it? Ffs.

75% of the clothes can be hand me downs.
Porridge for everyone at breakfast.
Bag a spuds and turnips will do for dinners.
Beans on toast for supper.
Snack on eggs.

Guaranteed her money is going on 56 take aways a week and lord know how many cigarettes between the lot of em.

Seriously you'd feel like screaming Duuuuuurh?! at these people.

Lando Griffin

Thats what I call a real man.
There will be a village called after him soon.

Sam Kade

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

"More than likely"?

Jeez... it's not an impossibility (although I don't know about "plenty" more children) but it's also likely he just had eight children with her and that's it.

Yeah I suppose he has left the quare one and taken a vow of celibacy

Femme_Fatale

Sam Kade wrote: »

Yeah I suppose he has left the quare one and taken a vow of celibacy

Doubt he has taken a vow of celibacy, but not abstaining from sex does not = plenty more children with other women. Bit of a leap.

AllGunsBlazing

8 kids?!

Must be like a wizard's sleeve down there.

BillyMitchel

Mint Aero wrote: »

It would hardly be difficult for nine people to survive on 2k a month would it? Ffs.

75% of the clothes can be hand me downs.
Porridge for everyone at breakfast.
Bag a spuds and turnips will do for dinners.
Beans on toast for supper.
Snack on eggs.

Guaranteed her money is going 56 take aways a week and lord know how many cigarettes between the lot of em.

Seriously you'd feel like screaming Duuuuuurh?! at these people.

I really dont want to get into this but when I was living in the UK I was getting in around £1500 a month (take home) and I struggled from time to time. Rent, bills, food, transport, coke, hookers. Fairness though I cant handle money. Basics in the UK can be expensive and not as cheap as people think.

Anyone have a rough estimate on what a single mother in Ireland would get per month for 8 kids?

Can see why people are angry. Comments are classic.

Sunglasses Ron

Links234 wrote: »

I'd really love to hit people who post links to the daily fail over the head with a rolled up newspaper. That'd be one use for that waste of paper

Why? It may be poorly written but its coverage of all current news is more concise and in depth than any other site.

B.A._Baracus

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

8 kids?!

Must be like a wizard's sleeve down there.

A wizards sleeve, you say?




:pac:

Henlars67

The "don't have kids you can't afford" argument is as low as it gets.

Yes the parent/s should have been more careful if they can't afford more children, however that isn't the fault of any child and I for one hate the thought of any child having to go hungry, or go out without proper clothing or footwear.

Gatling

So lets me get right she's on 500pw and can't afford to live on it for doing absolutely nothing other than popping out babies ,
So £62.50 per person pw ,
She's certainly able to afford to hair done regularly by the looks of it and none of the family look malnourished or like there wearing rags either ,

If I can feed a family of 4 on less than €50 pw I'm pretty sure this woman can afford her rent and pay her driving fines on £ 500 pw