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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
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. |
And no doubt he'll soon be advocating sending 7 year olds up chimneys so that they can contribute to a 'civil society' too...