[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Spectacular Daily Mail esque posting Sephi.... Bravo

Yes to the words I've highlighted.
"Increasing NI for all" - what is meant by that? Including pensioners?
Current pensioners contributions paid for those before them NOT for their own care. So yes, they should contribute either via NI or by partial equity release scheme as i've suggested above.
I think you're wrong on so many levels. First, I and my employer has been paying in for donkey's years. And that's in addition to my private pension schemes. So, I've paid for my pension. Next, I can see an argument for paying NI, say towards medical support, but it must be kept low for pensioners for obvious reasons. Finally on equity release, it's bad enough that there is an inheritance tax but to have to pre-pay that is downright wrong.

There is plenty of money in the system if you take the unwanted HS2 into account. I hope it's not too late to stop it, especially as it looks like going no further than Birmingham, which is not a massive "must go to" place. - Sorry, we owe how much due to the pandemic that needs to be paid back?
We had this after WW2. Took about 60 years to pay back.
That's the plan here. That debt has nothing to do with the need for a social care plan. I note you didn't comment on HS2.

Also, we spend too much on foreign aid - for what? Voting our way in the UN? To hell with that as we shouldn't be projecting ourselves as a world power. - So what's Global Britain all about then?
Which is more important? Global Britain or social care? Basically, we should stop wasting money on Global Britain.

We also put up illegal immigrants in 4-star hotels rather than in former army barracks. - No, we don't asylum seekers may be put into hotels and a very small quantity were placed into 4-star hotels, however 1) this was only a temporary measure & 2) those hotels would have been empty due to Covid anyway, so those hotels actually got some revenue. If you say so. We need those illegal immigrants like a hole in the head.


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