You're seriously suggesting forcing people people to hand over their homes and money to the state to redistribute??? Really??
In crude terms, yes; absolutely.You're seriously suggesting forcing people people to hand over their homes and money to the state to redistribute??? Really??
Its a Conservative policy called ''social care'' ...... your property is taken from you to fund health care that you've paid for all your life .... and then sold at rockbottom price to cover the costs and the little left (if any) is passed back to the estate
I know ... cos Ive been there.
Start with the Duke of Westminster then, not the little people.In crude terms, yes; absolutely.
In crude terms, yes; absolutely.
Of course someone like that should be taxed more. But that isn’t the end of the problem. The maths dictate so.Start with the Duke of Westminster then, not the little people.
Getting elected to tax him and the rest at that level, including the royals, will be challenging enough. I suspect you've got more chance of flying on a broomstick and meeting the ghost of General Custer on Werneth Low.Of course someone like that should be taxed more. But that isn’t the end of the problem. The maths dictate so.
The first sentence of your post applies to any generation in human history.
And yes, they had their struggles, don’t we all; that is an inherent part of the human condition.
I simply think they could have done more with their good fortune to make our society a better and more equal place to live. And they haven’t.
Does anyone actually think that our society works better than it did 40 years ago? To suggest the main beneficiaries over that period haven’t contributed to that decay simply doesn’t hold water.
Maybe my view is somewhat skewed because I live where I do, but someone in their 70s and 80s does not need to live in a massive house, and I include my parents in that equation. There needs to be a big rethink about wealth distribution in this country.
The problem is human nature. People don’t want to give up what they feel they’ve earned. So they need to be compelled
So who’s garage you living in and what food banks do you use.I must be imagining my expenditure for the last 4 years then.
A single person, mortgage free household can comfortably get by on £6k a year assuming you're not into foreign holidays, flash cars, having the latest iPhone or pissing your money away in the boozer at every opportunity.
Lets see shall we....I must be imagining my expenditure for the last 4 years then.
A single person, mortgage free household can comfortably get by on £6k a year assuming you're not into foreign holidays, flash cars, having the latest iPhone or pissing your money away in the boozer at every opportunity.