Having read this thread,one question springs to mind.How many of you out there with your "comfortable lifestyles",claim child benefit for your national average of 2.5 children? The undercurrent of what has been said on this matter from the various contributors,suggest that they are in a position to afford their offspring,so why do they claim?Why?...because they can and not because they need it.So,on that premise,are'nt all those in this position,benefit fraudsters?Perhaps if the "comfortable lifestyle" people stopped claiming there would be more money in the pot and less witch hunts on the more vunerable in society today.