Can Anyone shed any light...???
Jul 18th 2007, 9:38 am
#31
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Re: Can Anyone shed any light...???
I think Boiler was referring to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonw...(United_States)
~ Jenney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonw...(United_States)
~ Jenney
As I thought being a paralegal, the US is not a commonwealth but some individual states are, i.e. VA, etc.
From FB's post, I took his use of commonwealth to indicate the commonweath government of the UK; not the commonwealth government of the federal government of the US.
Jul 18th 2007, 3:02 pm
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Re: Can Anyone shed any light...???
A government paying people to procreate and increase their future tax revenues. Just the opposite of say China who pays couples NOT to have child.
FWIW, I wasn't knocking the OP for receiving benefits but rather attempting to explain what I understand of benefits in the UK. While I find it strange, as I noted in a more recent post to FB, it is not unlike a parent receiving an additional tax credit allowance on their annual filing with the federal government. While it is not as great an amount as in the UK, it is similar but instead of monthly it is paid annually and the amount is determined by the filer's annual income.
FWIW, I wasn't knocking the OP for receiving benefits but rather attempting to explain what I understand of benefits in the UK. While I find it strange, as I noted in a more recent post to FB, it is not unlike a parent receiving an additional tax credit allowance on their annual filing with the federal government. While it is not as great an amount as in the UK, it is similar but instead of monthly it is paid annually and the amount is determined by the filer's annual income.
I think it is about $35 a week.
Jul 18th 2007, 3:41 pm
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Re: Can Anyone shed any light...???
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of independent states, nearly all of which were once British territories. There are 54 members.
The Commonwealth represents a combined population of 1.7 billion people The organisation promotes democracy, the rule of law, good governance and human rights, as well as economic and social development. Comprising nearly one-third of the world's countries, it represents a combined population of 1.7 billion people.
The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth and is Head of State in the UK and 15 other member countries. The Commonwealth Secretariat, based in London, is the main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth. It helps host governments to organise Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM), which take place every two years.
It also helps organise ministerial meetings and other conferences. It administers assistance programmes agreed at these meetings, including those of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation, which provides expertise, advisory services and training to Commonwealth developing countries.
Jul 19th 2007, 1:31 am
#38
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Re: Can Anyone shed any light...???
Actually I am rather creepy ... thanks for the laugh this morning, Ian. Not much fun the last two days with storms, flooding, airports, NYC's explosive underground steam pipe, etc.
