[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by the truth

all child benefit should be paid in vouchers that can only be spent on childrens food and clothes etc this would limit the amount that's wasted and would make people who breed for money think twice and actually plan for a family like working people

I totally agree with this. I grew up in the fifties and my dad died when I was 8. We were a large family and whilst we never starved, we were often hungry. However what help my mother recieved was nearly always in vouchers.
There were vouchers for free milk, vitamins and orange juice and free school dinners.
My mum had a small widows pension and she went out cleaning to earn the rest. We often went without things, but as I say, we didn't starve and we got nowhere near the benefits that people get today.