No country for young men — UK generation gap widens

Loughton_Monkey

N1AK wrote: »

Resent it all you like, I find it morally offensive that boomers ARE voting as a group to rob the working poor!......

Looks like you're trying to rob me of a 'nice little earner'.

At every general election, I, and thousands of others of a similar age, are recruited and paid quite a few quid by the Conservative Party [cash in hand. No questions asked. No tax you understand], to descend upon the local dementia care homes, and herd the local inmates into the bus and haul them down to the polling station. On the way, we educate them on exactly where they should put their cross and tell them that if they don't do as instructed, we'll just drop them off in town and they'll have to find their own way back.

The only thing you appear to get wrong is in accusing us of wanting to rob the working poor.

Goats & Monkeys, man! If that's what we really wanted, we'd get them to vote Labour.

lisyloo

On the way, we educate them on exactly where they should put their cross

I don't believe your story. They would have forgotten by the time they got there :-)

purch

lisyloo wrote: »

They would have forgotten by the time they got there :-)

LM's forgotten already :eek:

StevieJ

fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »

Really ? I don't see many benefits cuts affecting pensioners compared to working age claimants. We are NOT all in this economic mess together !

I tell you what, for many of todays pensioners the current working age benefits would have been like 'the land of milk and honey' even after the cuts, if they they had received them.

pollypenny

StevieJ wrote: »

I tell you what, for many of todays pensioners the current working age benefits would have been like 'the land of milk and honey' even after the cuts, if they they had received them.

Excellent point. Working tax credits would have helped considerably when we were on one wage, enough with OH taking overtime when offered.

Loughton_Monkey

purch wrote: »

LM's forgotten already :eek:

That's why I wrote it down!

Cyberman60

ruggedtoast wrote: »

A clear solution is to build more housing. But getting a house built in the Boomer Belt is like pushing a pea up a mountain whilst blowing through a straw.

Nimbyism is rife. Landlords cling jealously to their prized investments. Planning applications are denied.

No, the clear solution to exit the EU, control immigration and reduce demand for housing, thus reducing the need to keep building so many.

Official statistics today show that 6% of immigrants over 25 have never worked, compared to 1% indigenous. That's crazy and a massive burden increasing every year as the immigrant birth rate is 4 times ours !! :mad:

Also, net migration has hit 298,000 !!!! :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970032/Humiliation-Cameron-net-migration-hits-298-000-despite-promise-cut-tens-thousands.html


UKIP is the ONLY answer !!!!! Vote UKIP !!!!! :T:T:T

thorsoak

N1AK wrote: »

Resent it all you like, I find it morally offensive that boomers ARE voting as a group to rob the working poor!

I bet the working poor facing benefit freezes, the removal of housing benefit for many, bedroom taxes are glad to be funding your pensioner bonds, free transport, free TV, heating allowances, inflation beating pensions etc etc.

1. No pensioner bonds - no savings (paid off our mortgage)

2. Free transport - yes, I have a bus pass but no, there is no bus route.

3. Free TV - not for boomers - have to be over 75 for that.

4. £200 heating allowance - taxed.

5. Inflation beating pension - oh yes - thanks for reminding me. My pension will go up by £14 per 4 weeks in April. My tax code on my 21 hours @ nmw will reduce to 259 because my pension is going up.

I'm actually funding those who receive wtc and hb - they don't pay tax on those benefits (and before you comment, I do not begrudge them those much-needed benefits )

Oh yes, I'm lapping it up!

Cyberman60

thorsoak wrote: »

1. No pensioner bonds - no savings (paid off our mortgage)

2. Free transport - yes, I have a bus pass but no, there is no bus route.

3. Free TV - not for boomers - have to be over 75 for that.

4. £200 heating allowance - taded.

5. Inflation beating pension - oh yes - thanks for reminding me. My pension will go up by £14 per 4 weeks in April. My tax code on my 21 hours @ nmw will reduce to 259 because my pension is going up.

Oh yes, I'm lapping it up!

Well, I am retired since the age of 52 and will get absolutely none of that for many more years. I built my own wealth through WORK and investment, and that choice is there for all !!

Cyberman60

StevieJ wrote: »

I tell you what, for many of todays pensioners the current working age benefits would have been like 'the land of milk and honey' even after the cuts, if they they had received them.

I agree. Working age benefits are a scandal and a major reason why we are still running a 100 Billion deficit. :mad: