Autumn Budget

Great that Osborne is to raise personal allowances but.

What about married couples?

£9244 allowance great but what about couples? My wife doesn't work but why can't I have her unused allowance? Nearly £20k before we pay tax great. Yes she could work but if she doesn't gives a job to someone else. Why can't we benefit? Surely one worker per household is better than none. The saving is in benefits.

It does seem bad that Tax allowances are lost lie this. It can't cost much in the big scheme of things but also what about families, the person staying at home to look after children. Much better than farming them out.

Breeding layabouts?

Tory maverick Howard Flight was right and wrong.

We are in danger of creating a 2 tier society, a nightmare scenario where the ruling classes become impotent and sterile. The "breeding classes" will outnumber us soon!
We encourage it.

Howard is wrong when he says the middle classes cannot afford children, I don't think anyone on over £25k thinks of the cost when they have a child its of little consequence in the big scheme of things. I think Howard does not understand quite how much benefits pay the scrounging classes for each child relatively speaking. He should try and live on average benefits.
For the middle and above classes its a lifestyle choice like moving home, a new car, foreign holidays etc. another child?
But he is right to say the system is wrong.
We should not reward non-earning people to have endless children. I say 3 is enough.