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Families Unable To Cope With Cost Of Living Crisis
yet they have a houseful of kids - one on the BBC news had seven! This morning interviewed on Trussell Trust segment one woman had four and they had bags of food ready for a family of ten. I find myself screaming at the tv then don't have so many ***** kids.
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//…but good luck is ultimately what separates the rich from the poor in this country//
It may separate some of the rich from most of the rest but it does not separate the “comfortably off” from the poor. Those who are comfortably off have usually either studied for qualifications which make them useful to employers or work at a job where few if any qualifications are needed but considerable training, experience and application are required. Others set up on their own, often risking their capital (and frequently losing it) and working long hours with little reward at the outset. None of these is “lucky.” They have become comfortably off by hard work and application.
// i don't see the problem with people who can afford to retire early doing so...//
Many of these people have not “retired” in the true sense of the word. They have simply stopped working (for reasons various, as explained in the article). And many of them who have done so cannot really afford it as they have no resources to withstand the regular economic shocks which occur from time to time. They are the ones who will bleat about this current surge in inflation. They are also the ones who will moan that in retirement they cannot afford a decent standard of living. Had they completed their working lives in full, the extra 10-15 years income (when, for most people, their expenses would probably be at their lowest) would have probably allowed them to do so.
//…work is not something you do for the sake of other people (or the national economy)//
It depends on your viewpoint. If you want to live in a country with a vibrant economy and decent public services, then working – and your contributions to both of those – are a requirement. If you want to live in an economy where public services are grim and everybody is just “scraping by” then not working is probably ideal.
It may separate some of the rich from most of the rest but it does not separate the “comfortably off” from the poor. Those who are comfortably off have usually either studied for qualifications which make them useful to employers or work at a job where few if any qualifications are needed but considerable training, experience and application are required. Others set up on their own, often risking their capital (and frequently losing it) and working long hours with little reward at the outset. None of these is “lucky.” They have become comfortably off by hard work and application.
// i don't see the problem with people who can afford to retire early doing so...//
Many of these people have not “retired” in the true sense of the word. They have simply stopped working (for reasons various, as explained in the article). And many of them who have done so cannot really afford it as they have no resources to withstand the regular economic shocks which occur from time to time. They are the ones who will bleat about this current surge in inflation. They are also the ones who will moan that in retirement they cannot afford a decent standard of living. Had they completed their working lives in full, the extra 10-15 years income (when, for most people, their expenses would probably be at their lowest) would have probably allowed them to do so.
//…work is not something you do for the sake of other people (or the national economy)//
It depends on your viewpoint. If you want to live in a country with a vibrant economy and decent public services, then working – and your contributions to both of those – are a requirement. If you want to live in an economy where public services are grim and everybody is just “scraping by” then not working is probably ideal.
went to a friends funeral recently, a pub laid on food etc, all the friends relatives of the deceased were there, the son of my mates brother was telling me, he lives on benefits and in no uncertain terms would he work, his word..man iget everything paid for me rent, gotta free car urt me leg in bike accident, haha off me trolley on wacky won i err, got lovely council house, day refurbed it for me FREE, no need to work m8, i sells good wacky, im lovin it, den dares da baba ie kid, free clothes, food bank round corner, whole estates at it, you should get down there, all lovely people. i was quietly aghast.
"gotta free car urt me leg in bike accident"
That sounds like he has mobility problems after his accident and has a car leased through the Motability scheme.
The money from the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is paid directly to the Motability scheme and pays for the lease of the car.
That means the car is not, "free" since his DLA or PIP is paying the lease.
That sounds like he has mobility problems after his accident and has a car leased through the Motability scheme.
The money from the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is paid directly to the Motability scheme and pays for the lease of the car.
That means the car is not, "free" since his DLA or PIP is paying the lease.
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