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Originally Posted by Kursk
You are 36 and you assess that there's nothing in this pensions lark for you therefore those who have earned their pension should be fleeced to support your current day benefits? Bit transparent.
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I currently claim no unemployment benefits, just get some DLA.
No i dont have the same outlook as you, where #1 comes first.
Someone who is 64 and unemployed would be labeled as a undeserving scrounger by tory ministers but then he turns 65 (or whatever the pension age is) and suddenly he is a well deserving pensioner, what is all that about?
The fact is, if everyone is in austerity together then everyone should be treated the same in terms of cuts etc.
The modern world for the young adult.
zero hour contracts
record house prices in comparison to average income levels
annual reduction of state assistance
university loans that are to be paid back vs grants
lack of new council housing for secure renting.
The average age of shareholders for the multi billion pound company my sister works for is 69 years old, that company has very high demands for profitability, cutting jobs even tho profits are at record levels and also threatened workers with the sack who were not going to vote tory in the just recent election (how is that legal?).
Few people are honest tho, my dad who is now in his 70s admits his generation has had it very easy compared to my generation and the generation before him.
In the past 5 years I have actually donated more than 20% of my earnings and thats with a average income under 20k per annum. I have also gave many 1000s of hours working for charities. Because I know what its like to be working age and with no job. Not the fun and games people claim it is.