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Workers of the world unite
thetrampledtaxpayer
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....against those who don't, and have a better quality of life than we do!
There is a family who lives in an apartment with a view of Tower Bridge, seconds from the Square Mile. They have an income for which they do not have to work, financed by the toil of others. They rise when they please, and live a worry-free life of leisure.
Who are they? They are clearly not members of the hard-pressed class of salaryman, of which I am one - these views are too expensive for people like us! So - are they the privileged independently-educated bourgeois whom this government despises with such venom? Or maybe the self-made 'Thatcher's children', whom this government also despises with such venom?
No - these are economically inactive council tenants. Not one family member has ever worked nor intends to. And they have a quality of life I would kill for.
The demographics are terrifying - they easily outbreed those who work, and across the UK the ratio of those working to those who don't becomes worse every year.
Have I just had a bad day and have lost my objectivity, or do other people feel the same slightly guilty mix of jealousy and intense dislike for these people - and the leftwing government scum who appear to dispise those who pay for it all?
There is a family who lives in an apartment with a view of Tower Bridge, seconds from the Square Mile. They have an income for which they do not have to work, financed by the toil of others. They rise when they please, and live a worry-free life of leisure.
Who are they? They are clearly not members of the hard-pressed class of salaryman, of which I am one - these views are too expensive for people like us! So - are they the privileged independently-educated bourgeois whom this government despises with such venom? Or maybe the self-made 'Thatcher's children', whom this government also despises with such venom?
No - these are economically inactive council tenants. Not one family member has ever worked nor intends to. And they have a quality of life I would kill for.
The demographics are terrifying - they easily outbreed those who work, and across the UK the ratio of those working to those who don't becomes worse every year.
Have I just had a bad day and have lost my objectivity, or do other people feel the same slightly guilty mix of jealousy and intense dislike for these people - and the leftwing government scum who appear to dispise those who pay for it all?
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if people have to be housed by the council (and there are a few genuine one who do) they should not get the views that decent working people cannot afford. they should build a wall between their house and the view or use frosted glass in the windows.
someone who doesn't work should not get a view which is better than those earning a fortune could not even afford.
It makes me sick to my stomach.0 -
Troll-tastic.:D“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Bait-mungous!Go round the green binbags. Turn right at the mouldy George Elliot, forward, forward, and turn left....at the dead badger0
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Not one family member has ever worked nor intends to. And they have a quality of life I would kill for.
Why do you have to kill to join them?'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I too would kill for a run down council flat in Bermondsey."An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".
!!!!!! is all that about?0 -
Not one family member has ever worked nor intends to. And they have a quality of life I would kill for.
Why do you have to kill to join them?
More importantly whose life would the OP have to take to get one of these flats ?"There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
thetrampledtaxpayer wrote: »....against those who don't, and have a better quality of life than we do!
There is a family who lives in an apartment with a view of Tower Bridge, seconds from the Square Mile. They have an income for which they do not have to work, financed by the toil of others. They rise when they please, and live a worry-free life of leisure.
Who are they? They are clearly not members of the hard-pressed class of salaryman, of which I am one - these views are too expensive for people like us! So - are they the privileged independently-educated bourgeois whom this government despises with such venom? Or maybe the self-made 'Thatcher's children', whom this government also despises with such venom?
No - these are economically inactive council tenants. Not one family member has ever worked nor intends to. And they have a quality of life I would kill for.
The demographics are terrifying - they easily outbreed those who work, and across the UK the ratio of those working to those who don't becomes worse every year.
Have I just had a bad day and have lost my objectivity, or do other people feel the same slightly guilty mix of jealousy and intense dislike for these people - and the leftwing government scum who appear to dispise those who pay for it all?
Surely it is only reasonable that we who are lucky to be in work should contribute to those less fortunate who want to work but are not able to. To provide a safety net. These people deserve a quality of life. They hardly live the life of riley. Where is your compassion ?"There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
It's crazy that you can be given a house or flat for life by the council on account of having a baby without having the economic means to pay for it.
I understand the need for council housing for the truly vulnerable/handicapped. However, I think there is something really wrong with a situation where say, a young girl gets pregnant, claims she is being kicked out of her parents house and is given a council house which she can live in for life and do with as she pleases on a subsidised rent (and I see this situation all the time on another forum I read). She is then rewarded further by being able to purchase this property at a subsidised rate only a few years later.
In contrast a person who has worked all their life, saved a bit of money and then starts a family is not entitled to anything because they have been prudent. So, the person who has not planned and possibly contributed very little is rewarded with an asset (house for life) with subsidised rent that the rest of the population would have to pay a mortgage on for 25 years and hold down a job or pay 3 times as much in private rental without being able to do anything to the property they live in.
The situation is really rubbish and totally unfair.0 -
The_White_Horse wrote: »they should build a wall between their house and the view or use frosted glass in the windows.
God that made me laugh!0 -
there is a difference between giving them something and taking the pi55. i have seen the council flats in St Katherines Dock next to Tower of London, overlooking the yachts and the bridge. If you wanted a private flat around there, probably looking at 700-800k minimum. there is no need for council flats to be in this area!!! The council could (and should) have sold these blocks off. they could have made a fortune and built better flats for the benefits brigade in a worse part of town.0
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