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Post by Mama's Mama on Jan 21, 2011 20:56:40 GMT
I get £30 a week EMA at the minute, fair enough people slating it but personally that goes towards my bus pass each term, and was paying £1.80 each way for bus tickets until that showed up. Also use it for books, equipment etc. I know quite a lot of people piss it up the wall on booze, games etc, and a lot of people dont need it, thats where the system is going wrong. They've got rid of the £100 bonuses already, I work as many hours as I can around college for my dad and that along with EMA helps me get to and stay at college. It does offer an incentive to lots of poorer kids around here, but it is being misused and needs to be sorted, if that means scrapping it so be it, I'll still turn out at college and get the grades for uni in september. some lad on the news saying i might as well do drugs if they take my EMA away from me, bollocks, dicks like you dont deserve it, you can get by without it, it just helps ease the financial strain sometimes. Although I don't agree with EMA - this is why it should exist. It's a shame everybody isn't like you mate!
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Post by danceswithclams on Jan 21, 2011 21:27:51 GMT
Who's EMMA and why is she being scrapped?
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Post by scfctilidie on Jan 21, 2011 21:29:53 GMT
I get so much shit from mates how they don't get it though ;D Its not as though I'm getting £30 a week for showing up, it's to get me there, provide neccesary equipment and meals that some of my mates have paid for by their parents, which obviously mine can't afford to shell out that much so the EMA helps, and the hours working for my dad when I'm not at college helps a little bit more and will be appreciated by universities
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Post by stokemark on Jan 21, 2011 22:34:26 GMT
Where it is used correctly it is a good concept
Sadly, twats all over the UK have, as usual, abused it and taken the piss
It also seems to reward parents for splitting up which is bollocks. I also know of someone who earns £80K a year, pays a decent chunk of child maintenence yet his ex claims EMA for both her lads as she is a 'single parent'
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