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**Maggy** · 08-04-2011, 08:29

So it's smaller families to blame..I thought the reason why there was so much poverty in this country pre the 60s was too many people having too large a family..Of which you might lose anything up to 50% of them and have no one to take care of you in old age(if you lived that long) and end up in the workhouse

So the pill arrives and we have smaller planned families of which 100% survived into adulthood and have increased better health.Which was wrong because there aren't enough people to keep the pyramid of social care going.

I can't see going back to having big families will help though..because each of those will eventually be a charge on the system as they reach their 200th year.I can see everyone being forced to have a minimum of 10 children.

Sorry I'm getting a bit carried away here..To be honest there is no quick fixit except we all die in harness.

08-04-2011, 08:29	#36
Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 73 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,367	Re: Do you want to retire ? So it's smaller families to blame..I thought the reason why there was so much poverty in this country pre the 60s was too many people having too large a family..Of which you might lose anything up to 50% of them and have no one to take care of you in old age(if you lived that long) and end up in the workhouse So the pill arrives and we have smaller planned families of which 100% survived into adulthood and have increased better health.Which was wrong because there aren't enough people to keep the pyramid of social care going. I can't see going back to having big families will help though..because each of those will eventually be a charge on the system as they reach their 200th year.I can see everyone being forced to have a minimum of 10 children. Sorry I'm getting a bit carried away here..To be honest there is no quick fixit except we all die in harness. __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..