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Originally Posted by Carth
Quite a few apparently, seems they begrudge paying an extra £5 a week . . . the price of a decent pint in some places, or a weeks worth of mobile data, or 5% of the price on a new tyre needed for the big expensive motor 
ps . . don't mention roaming charges when they jet off abroad either  |
Why should people pay that extra whatever for people who effectively have a few £100,000 in the bank? Nobody is begrudging providing for those who don't have a large stash "in the bank".
Perhaps if the question was asked of people as to whether they were prepared to pay for people who had £100,000+ in cash in the bank, the answer might be different.
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Second, there has been a recognition – through the establishment of the 1998 Royal
Commission – of deficiencies in the way social care was funded at the time. The main
recommendation to provide free personal care was rejected; the government’s argued
concerns were that the extra resources required would not necessarily improve services
and would not help the least well off (Department of Health 2000c).
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