the matter is that there are too few people working full time to afford the levels of benefits (and I include the multitude of "credits") enjoyed by so many people. What some people can claim is absolutely beyond belief especially those with families who work the absolute minimum and then claim all sorts of credits and benefits to subsidise their lifestyle. From what I have seen I would be better off "partnering" someone with three or four school age kids and working half the hours that I do now." "The whole country has been living beyond its means for years and it has been masked by borrowing at every level. Now that the crunch has come, the sad fact of the matter is that there are too few people working full time to afford the levels of benefits (and I include the multitude of "credits") enjoyed by so many people. What some people can claim is absolutely beyond belief especially those with families who work the absolute minimum and then claim all sorts of credits and benefits to subsidise their lifestyle. From what I have seen I would be better off "partnering" someone with three or four school age kids and working half the hours that I do now." "The whole country has been living beyond its means for years and it has been masked by borrowing at every level. Now that the crunch has come, the sad fact of the matter is that there are too few people working