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Originally posted by Tom
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Originally posted by Scampi
When your 16 in sixth form you would. Well i will be. I would well want 30 quid a week, my rents buy food and **** obvs.
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Yeah but the point of it is, with me I get no money from my mum because she doesn't earn any money because she doesn't work. My EMA needs to go towards buses and food because my mum cant chip in, people that cant get EMA don't need it. Their families can chip in with bus fair or give a lift in the morning.
With this none EMAness my mum is having to give me money to get to college and its coming straight out of our food budget for the week.
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Some parents don't give much money away though and some parents might be about a fiver over the maximum range, so can't afford much anyway. Its not as clear cut as you put.
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I fail to believe that though, if my mum can give me money and she is earning nothing then if both parents are earning money they can spare £20 - £30 a week. The only reason they cant afford it is that they are giving money to other things rather than their kids... then thats not the governments problem. The whole point of EMA is to give some relief to people who genuinly cannot afford it.