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July 17, 2010im a single mother but feel blessed wer im from, compared to other people. here giving birth is free and i heard in the US u have to pay! hospital/medical is all free (operations n all). school is free, n in fact we get paid to go to college and university, we get a small stipend every month plus money in the beginning to buy books etc.
i went to my Mum n Baby club n was gettin so annoyed at ppl complainin about our government that they dnt giv us enough money to help, as in childrens allowance. fine its not a lot but they dnt realise that everything else is free. here things are exp, esp when it comes to baby items. im savin up for a light pushchair thats gna cost me bout 200euros but i still think its nothing to complain bout.
was i out of line to say such things for them? they gave me rly bad looks for just sayin that we should be grateful that we dont need to save thousands(!!) of pounds just to send them to school!
apricot snow girl — i dint realise that ppl get tested here for their ways of typing. this isnt a formal letter. u dint have a prob understandin it so y bother pointin it out? FYI i was kicked out of college the first yr for not attending classes, then i went in again to study but found it difficult cos my bro had just passed away tragically so i dropped out. i dint continue school but intend to once i turn 23 cos we can go in as a "mature student" with no charges.
i paid taxes for 5yrs, n worked my butt of when i was preg, right till the end. i understand bout the taxpayers paying for beneifts but i honestly aint sittin on my ass. im openin a "daycare" centre at home n gna take a course in First aid so that i can earn my own money whilst bein at home with my son (since i hv no one to leave him with.
o ye, i def disagree with mums havin to fork out loads of money to give birth!! its alrdy hard enough to bring up kids, they def dnt need to "throw away" money like that!
btw im from Malta
i still chose my own doctor n wat medication to take. i was even given a room with tv/internet/phone so its not like its a dump!
dnt get me wrong, if ur happy payin ur own way for everything fine but not all people enjoy forkin out tons of money even before the baby has arrived! we pay taxes for more than just medical etc but its still much less than if we wer to pay for everything instead!
emmas*mommy.. they do work, thats the thing. they wer complainin cos they dnt get enough allowance every 3months, aswel as a pay. they looked at me like i was some evil person for standin up for our government, who also offer that if mums go bk to wrk then they hav a yr of not payin tax (which seems fair to me)
Yea, you are very lucky and had every right to say those things to them. We have to pay $10,000 just to be healthy during prenatal care and to have the baby. Forget about once it gets here! That’s easily another $5k a year. Plus, if we want our kids to go to school without oweing a bunch of money to the government then we have to save at least $24,000 for them for college. Seriously?! They need to realize how good they’ve got it. Sheesh, wish I could be a citizen of your country!
Horaayy..there are 11 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Not to be mean, but the spelling that’s being shown here doesn’t exactly tell me the schools and universities where you are at are so great.
Your medical care isn’t free. It’s taxpayer funded. As for having a baby and whatnot, why not pay for it? I think people who choose to get pregnant should pay for it.
Edit: Disagree all you want, but when people choose something, they should pay for it themselves. Otherwise don’t get pregnant if you can’t handle it.
I’d rather pay for my own healthcare, and I do. I pay my own way. I don’t expect taxpayers to do it. I get to choose what doctors I see. I get to choose any treatments and whatnot. I believe paying for your own healthcare as much as possible is much better due to you have many more choices.
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Where is "here"?
Good for your government to step up and take care of it’s citizens. It cost me approximately $10,000 USD just to give birth to EACH of my kids. I can’t even tell you how much I’ve spend on diapers, formula etc.
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You get paid to go to college but certainly not university! It’s a very costly business.
And no, you weren’t out of line.
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yes. i live in VA and kids are expensive and we do not get paid to go to collage
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so what’s the incentive to have legitimate children?
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here in th uk its the same. and i think there whingers ….most of them are on benefits so i cant say im surprised. i personally would of told them to go and get a job if they felt they werent getting enough from the government but thats IMO
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single working mother fed up with complaining scroungers!
You were absolutely not out of line for what you said. You are one of the rare people in this world that is grateful for what they have not complain about what they don’t have. It’s an amazing attitude to have and don’t let people like them bring you down.
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I wish we had your system in the US. I had insurance with my daughter and her still cost about $1,200. If I decide to send her to preschool it will be $150 a month. A the current public college rate her total tuition for BA will run about $20,000.
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So how much of your income do you actually get to keep? The U.S. isn’t socialized, yet, if Obama has his way it will be very soon. We pay for our own health care, my husbands health care through his employee pays for all of our medical expenses for having a child. It shouldn’t be the governments job to pay for people to have children. They are involved enough in our lives and I really don’t understand why so many people think they can just sit on their ass while government takes money from those who Do work to pay for their laziness! Honestly, where do you think that money comes from??? TAX PAYERS!
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I live in the US.
I pay for every medical/hospital bill. I paid over 15,000 to give birth to each of my children. Who knows how much I have spent on diapers, check ups, & so on. I paid over $23,000 a year for 5 years (so far) at a private university.
I love life in the US though, and I wouldn’t give up my citizenship for everything free.
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Yea, you are very lucky and had every right to say those things to them. We have to pay $10,000 just to be healthy during prenatal care and to have the baby. Forget about once it gets here! That’s easily another $5k a year. Plus, if we want our kids to go to school without oweing a bunch of money to the government then we have to save at least $24,000 for them for college. Seriously?! They need to realize how good they’ve got it. Sheesh, wish I could be a citizen of your country!
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A proud resident of the USA.