Originally Posted by Clowgon
Of course?
If my mum and dad were rich they wouldnt give me a penny of it.
If they did id be just as spoilt as all the s**** out there with everything being brought for them anyway.
& Besides just because they are rich doesnt mean they should be treated any different, They could have a morgage to pay or they could have hospital bills or anything.
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Thread: Should EMA Stay?
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A household that makes so much should be able to provide and shouldn't get it imo. Originally Posted by Chaos
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Most parents will support you, if they buy your bus pass/dinner money etc then thats only the same, you just don't think it is, yes it's free money because to be fair my mum buys my bus pass, sometimes we go halve etc and I get £30 a week. My bus pass is £45 a month. I have my dinners and stuff, but my mum can pay for that during week as well. I don't spend all my £30, but I don't waste it.. it's being saved.
If your parents earn a lot, i'm sure they would buy your transport/food requirements etc.. they won't just leave you to suffer.
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That's crazy though, my Mum earns under 12,000 a Year, Single mum with a Mortgage, out of that she has to pay Household bills, give me Bus fair money and pay for my School dinners. That's not even including food! Originally Posted by Chaos
If someones Parent's earning 60,000 a Year they probably pay £1000 PCM for their Mortgage, so for 12 months that's 12,000 gone. £48,000 left. Household bills including Council Tax, 4 - £5000. Leaves them with roughly £40,000 to spend on what they want. Kids who have parent/parents like that don't deserve to have a single penny from the Government to go to College.
If the parent/parent's don't want to give their kid/kids money to get to College and buy stuff for College then it's their problem. It's bloody greedy.
And what Hospital bills, Health care in this country is free unless you need Surgery or want to go to a Private clinic or w/e Or go to the Dentist and how many times would you go to the Dentist for a year? Probably once or twice. It sure enit gonna leave a big fat hole in their yearly salary!Last edited by Clowgon; 09-05-2009 at 02:35 PM.
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09-05-2009, 02:32 PM #25
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People shouldn't go to college because they want money, they should go because they want to learn and want to give themselves a better chance in their future!
I'm fully supportive for people who actually need EMA, my friend for example was so desperate for cash he even ended up borrowing off me on top of his EMA payments, what did annoy me however were people who obviously only went to college because they were going to get money to buy their 'Cigs' and 'alchopops' and didn't give a damn about what they were going to do in the future. Most of the time those undeserving people spend most of their lessons misbehaving (which my tutor didn't seem to care about) and still get payments given to them?
Why should these freeloaders get money because their parents earn hardly anything if they only wish to end up following their parents footsteps?
So in my opinion some people deserve it and truely need the help but others just don't care...
I guess I've had the last laugh now since now college is over they're all working in Tescos whilst I've managed to get a proper job and my friend who used his payments as he should have has managed to get a good job aswell
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I agree, when your Mum, dad or w/e has a big fat Yearly salary coming in. You don't need £30 pound pw to go to college, they should pay for all your needs and it's ppl like them that are making the Public services much more exspensive. Originally Posted by Dan2nd
People shouldn't go to college because they want money, they should go because they want to learn and want to give themselves a better chance in their future!
I'm fully supportive for people who actually need EMA, my friend for example was so desperate for cash he even ended up borrowing off me on top of his EMA payments, what did annoy me however were people who obviously only went to college because they were going to get money to buy their 'Cigs' and 'alchopops' and didn't give a damn about what they were going to do in the future. Most of the time those undeserving people spend most of their lessons misbehaving (which my tutor didn't seem to care about) and still get payments given to them?
Why should these freeloaders get money because their parents earn hardly anything if they only wish to end up following their parents footsteps?
So in my opinion some people deserve it and truely need the help but others just don't care...
I guess I've had the last laugh now since now college is over they're all working in Tescos whilst I've managed to get a proper job and my friend who used his payments as he should have has managed to get a good job aswell
(neither of us went to Uni)
I think they should change EMA all together. Instead having the choice of what you want you want to do with the money. They should do something where the EMA can decide on what the weekly money should be spend on.
EMA should only be spend on things like these....
Food,
Clothes,
Driving lessons,
Stationary,
Books,
Transport.
My Brother was the same, he went to College he messed about but at that time, i don't think the EMA was introduced.
He left college never went to Uni and he's had pretty good jobs over the years. He worked for Phones for U earning 3 to 4 grand a month. Then worked for BT as a Managering director unfortunately he's lost his job at BT - due to Credit crunch.
After lieing about a few qualifications he's got. He has now got an interview in London about working in Dubai as a Economics adviser. Or something like that.
Anyway the system needs to be changed.Last edited by Clowgon; 09-05-2009 at 02:55 PM.
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It should stay but only if it's given to non-povos like me whose parents actually bother to work.x
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09-05-2009, 03:05 PM #28
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Huh? If you're spoilt by your parents then you are getting their money. Originally Posted by Chaos
Same as me Clowgon. My mum earns under 12,000 a year too and she's a single mum with 3 children. She gets child benefits which go towards our weekly shopping, money for school, school clothes & equipment so there's never anything left over for decent stuff, I just use my own money come Christmas & birthday time which are 6 days between each other so it's not as though I can afford to buy clothes all the time :S I'd use the EMA money to buy myself nice clothes if I could but unfortunately mum doesn't allow that.
To the person that said "Why should these freeloaders get money because their parents earn hardly anything if they only wish to end up following their parents footsteps?" - Yeah, some people do do that but not everyone, it's not all just chavs (sorry, being sterotypical) that get the money, my mum used to have a decent job until the place got closed down, my dad has a decent job but we get absolutely nothing of it. It's not fair that the people that get it look as though they're all just chavs who are gonna end up on Jobseekers because they've been given 'easy' money, some people want to work hard and if there is extra help via money then why shouldn't they get it? Same to poster above, if your parents have been on jobseekers all their life or have a **** job because of their qualifications then I agree they should pull their fingers out their arses and help themselves, like I said just because my mum struggles to find work isn't her fault ;_; stupid frigging hospitals
If EMA was given to everyone, it would benefit the RICH more as they have their own money plus the EMA they are given which is just going to erase the whole purpose, it isn't fair that everyone gets, even if some want to go to uni, i'm sure a lot can afford it, others cant.
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Hmm i agree, but in these difficult economic times it's quite hard landing a job.
People like my mum who get's £12,000 PY or under are better off not working.
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Absolutely, after my mum pays the important stuff we hardly have enough money for the rest of the month, were bearly surviving, even though she gets child benefits and w/e. I ******* hate it when i see the rich taking the system for granted. I don't care if people want say to this is stupid but i think ppl who earning over £30,000 a year should pay for their kids to go to College. Originally Posted by buttons
If i do decide to go to Uni it will be a big struggle, with my Mum earning £12,000 a Year. I would probably have to rank myself up with debt in the thousands to get me through Uni.
While the rich kids manages through Uni......
It's just so unfair. Why do the Rich have to get away with Murder.Last edited by Clowgon; 09-05-2009 at 03:30 PM.
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