Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Keeping it in the Family

Statler and I are good Daily Mail readers. It worries us when we see people increasingly dependent on the welfare state.

A young man on horseback ran up the garden path waving a parchment at us. On it was a note bearing the news that the Council now has FIVE family couples compared to the ONE (the Palmers) before 2006.

March 2007 Council expenses claimed:

Top place: £2,824.69 Harts (John and Helena - Father and Daughter)
Second: £2,711.19 Cohens (Melvin and Dean - Father and Son)
Third: £2,509.37 Tambourides (Andreas and Joanna - Married)
Fourth: £2,446.24 Palmers (Monroe and Susette - Married)
Fifth: £2,320.14 Salingers (Brian and Catherine - Married)

Let's hope these families don't get caught in the poverty trap.

1 comment:

  1. How many of these partnerships have other sources of income?
    i.e. a proper job!!!!!

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