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Originally Posted by Guinness
I'm not paid enough, and I'll say it again, I'm not paid enough. Pensioners who have put in the pot all their lives aren't paid enough, many professions aren't paid enough.
The government is banging on about austerity, and, whilst the majority of the plebs understand the need for this and try to cut their cloth accordingly, accepting little or no pay rises year on year, the bottom feeding non producers in Westminster just look for ways to feather their own nests laughing all the way to the bank and thumbing their noses at the general public.
These people are in a position of ultimate trust....and time after time after time they break that trust, instead of looking to help the people they represent they look for ways to make as much money as they can via loopholes in laws that they have helped create.
Pigs feeding at the trough  |
There is one person who thinks that pensioners are a drain on society....and he thinks we should all be doing community work to 'put something back'.
I am busier now than when I was working.......I look out for my elderly mother.....we shop for some of our older neighbours.....I cook for them too(at no cost to them)....I look after my daughters two children so that she can go out to work...is that enough or should I be volunteering to do more?
I don't want any medals and I do not advertise this to get any kind of sympathy,(I do it because I can) but just to show that retired people all around the country are in the same position...sandwiched between elderly parents and their children.
Outrage as former head of benefits agency Lord Bichard says the retired should take up community service or have their pensions docked - Home News - UK - The Independent
above is a link to the story.
If anyone wants this man's e-mail address to write their thoughts to him PM me and I will give it to you.
Oh and I should have said that this man retired at 53 on a pension of 120K per year. So he knows what it is like to rough it.