[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by jfman

Even adjusted for inflation they earned less, and I’d wager there were more one income households. I find the contention that the “average” person could or should have prepared for pension age - when successive governments gave no indication of pension reform - ludicrous.

The housing bubble is the fault of politicians. Not manual workers of the 1970s earning the princely sum of £70 a week.

You call it it ludicrous I call it common sense. Personally I don’t believe status quo exists for long in anything.

Here’s the thing

Pensioners aren’t untouchable, they’re not beyond the bounds of needing to make a contribution towards todays society, they haven’t earned an exemption.