Abuse of income support hurts our children

We keep saying that our children are our future. We receive our child tax credits every month from the government. Some receive income support every month. Although we receive this assistance to help us get through, we still struggle because some recipients abuse their income assistance.

Our children need to be clothed and fed. It hurts to see people struggling to get by when the assistance could have benefited them, but instead some use this for booze and drugs and even gambling.

People getting upset with you and intimidating you makes it very hard. It’s very stressful when you don’t know what to do or how you’ll handle this. It’s difficult.

I do appreciate the assistance that I receive. But nobody is doing anything about these people who abuse the system. They turn around and start selling their stuff at rummage prices. I’m in a very delicate situation because of this.

May God bless these children.

Thank you.
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