TPP, yes she is doing OK, which is great. I don't see why she needs subsidising though.

Lexi:"I had always assumed it was not an easy thing to obtain."

She was on the waiting list for only 8 months. She staged a burglary and claimed she didn't feel safe, so they bumped her up the list. She could have been placed more quickly, but she rejected a couple of offers.

At the time she was on the SPP, attending uni full-time for her third undergrad degree and being paid extra to do so, receiving a large amount of CS from me and working part-time to the maximum allowed. Oh yeah, she was also doing her level best to get sole custody of the children so she could get even more of the stuff mentioned above.

That was funded by the Government too, through Legal Aid.

I estimate that she has received at least $200k in direct and indirect subsidies over the past 10 years or so.

Lexi:"Shouldn't you be happy for their luck in this case?"

There was no luck, it's a simple scam. I have the children for half the time, I pay half their cost of living but don't ask for or need any subsidy any more. I have been so broke that I have had to rely on the charity of friends to survive, yet been told by Centrelink that I was ineligible for assistance because I was self-employed and BTW, when was I going to pay the Child Support?

I have been forced into self-employment to survive and I have prospered moderately.

Why should I be glad that the mother of my children is a deadbeat?

Why should I applaud a system that encourages what is essentially a fraud on the taxpayer?

I asked a simple question above and only Hasbeen has been (sry, couldn't resist) game to have a go at it. So, here it is again: When should we draw the line with handouts to the demonstrably not needy?

I thought we weren't discussing specific personal situations on this forum?
As usual, Antiseptic is airing his hatred for his ex-wife again.

Re the supposed topic about public housing, I imagine none of us knows the full story of how or why some people get public housing and some don't.

At the end of the day, is it the fault of the public housing recipients , or the system that is at fault, for allowing apparently well-off people to access or hold on to public housing?

Suzeonline:"As usual, Antiseptic is airing his hatred for his ex-wife again."

I was asked a question, actually. Do try to keep up.

Suzeonline:"At the end of the day, is it the fault of the public housing recipients , or the system that is at fault, for allowing apparently well-off people to access or hold on to public housing?"

What do YOU think? I asked that question earlier.

Antiseptic,
Suzie did have a point, you do give your x a good roll out on this forum.
Never mind the question is valid and problematic. I am with Lexi i didn't realise public housing was such a ripoff. As a single parent i have never applied for nor been interested in public housing. I too thought that it was very hard to secure and always assumed that as i have a small business i would be out despite my modest income. What you have said that people with annuals of around the 80k mark are in public housing is absolutely outrages. I would have thought anyone with a job and around 50k a year can get their own home like the rest of us.

Antiseptic:

Thanks for answering my questions. It must be a very difficult situation for you to have to deal with. I admire a person who stands by his family obligations no matter how difficult they are.

As for public housing - I don't know what can be done about it - it seems totally unfair to rort the system when there are so many truly needy people that need help.

Have to admit Anti most of my thoughts were along the lines of it didn’t seem a big deal as far as big deals go.

But then I was reminded that NSW takes newborn babies off their mums here and one of the reasons they use is if the mother is homeless. Not sure when being broke became child abuse but seems to shape up that way.

So yeah I changed my mind, everything is a big deal because it affects someone else when you take advantage of services you don’t need.

Anti:” When should we draw the line with handouts to the demonstrably not needy?”

Now.