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Quote from: Nick65 on February 28, 2008, 09:01:54But at the end of the day our generation is buggered - We have no pension plans to speak of - All that money has now gone, and we are going to be worse off unless we cough up a huge amount now ::)ALL say a huge 'THANK YOU' to Gordon Brown. He is the person that singlehandedly ruined the final salary pension schemes.Oh, I forgot that is only for the private sector. The public sector still has fantastic final pay pensions, courtesy of the council/income tax payer. We subsidise what Gordon Brown has taken away from the rest of us!!valmarg
But at the end of the day our generation is buggered - We have no pension plans to speak of - All that money has now gone, and we are going to be worse off unless we cough up a huge amount now ::)
Previously, mother in law lived next door to a family of four. Mother, husband and two children earning. Mother in law a widowed pensioner. Under the rates system both households paid the same. Under the Poll Tax system it was more evenly distributed.valmarg
One thing she did, but handled badly was the Poll Tax. It was a much fairer system than the one we had previously, and have now.Previously, mother in law lived next door to a family of four. Mother, husband and two children earning. Mother in law a widowed pensioner. Under the rates system both households paid the same. Under the Poll Tax system it was more evenly distributed.
I can well remember the Thatcher days.I have two sons now in their thirties.They were both doing apprenticeships ,literally earning a few pounds a week.They both had poll tax bills,with no earnings to pay for it.I also remember the striking miners coming to the streets of Birmingham to collect money to help support them in the strike.What a mess she made of a lot of working class peoples lives.Do you remember the phase get on your bike.Encouraging families to move away and taking many away from family and friends thus taking away peoples support network especially parents of young children,no Gran or Auntie close by to help with child minding etc.No tory will ever again get my vote.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5138444.stm >:(
Two House bricks for him and a cork for her.
Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on March 03, 2008, 10:03:19http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5138444.stm >:(I dread to think what some people's reactions are going to be to that one :o