Hello again money friends, the elderley are going to be £700 worse off as inflation jumps?
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This is one area I thought the government would have more sympathy.
Food, fuel and energy costs are going to affect us all but none more so than the over 60's.
I don't know how many more cutbacks they can make or take.
It saddens me every year when I see coverage of those poor souls who are huddled around one bar on an electric heater and reusing teabags etc.
£700 is a great deal to lose, how on earth are they going to cope?
Your thoughts Please?
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I so agree, Lillie! To a certain extent, this hits anyone who is on a fixed low income, has modest savings and has paid off their mortgage, but it will definitely hit the elderly the hardest by far. It's particularly appalling as the majority of the elderly have worked hard, paid tax and national insurance all their lives and haven't borrowed on credit like so many of those younger than themselves. £700 for many will be a huge chunk of their income! It doesn't seem fair at all!
I am disgusted by the way our governments treat the elderly in this country. In fact a number of people I speak to from other nations share in my disgust. In other cultures to be old is to be afforded great respect, a recognition of wisdom and a time in one's life where people openly celebrate the contribution through work and finances that those people have made to their nation.
In Engalnd we appear to show them nothing but disdain and most government policies are about proverbally placing another 'nail in their coffin'!
My mother has worked hard to ensure that she has a legacy to leave to her children, a home that she has worked hard to pay for and ensured that she was mortgage free by the time she retired. She also strived to ensure that she had an amount of money that she could call upon in her dotage, so as not to be a burden on her children and because of this steadfast and debt free approach to independence and a non-reliance on the welfare state, she is penalised. She was recently advised that she required a level of care that she would have to pay for. To achieve this care would require her selling her home.
At 77 years of age she says that her biggest mistake and regret was to have worked hard all of her life and to have bought her own home, for if she hadn't any of these trappings of 'private wealth' the onus would have been placed upon society to provide her with the care and additional benefits she needs to enjoy a quality of life.
This is a sad indictement of the society we now live in, where we talk of people's human rights and provide rapists, terrorists, illegals and other undesireables in our society with more rights and dignity than those who have contributed through blood, sweat, tears and a great deal of pride in a belief of self-reliance and not a reliance on a state aided handout.
Shameful.
You are so right Parchester, your Mother sounds a wonderful lady and it is shameful that she and others in her position have to sell their homes just to receive a modicum of care in later years.
I never thought I would see any government turn their backs on our elderly.
We opened the doors long ago and we will all suffer in one way or another.I see other groups (I will be careful) within the workplace working together to do all they can to get out of work and they share advice and I know they are doing it but my hands are tied and I have to play along with it, sorry I have gone onto another issue but actually it is realated in one way because it's draining the system.
I guess I have all the above which you have mentioned to come not to far away actually and I guess we have to think smart of other ways to keep what our parents have worked hard for safe and out of the hands of others.
The only thing I would say though Parchester is that your Mum can hold her head proudly, and that's what matters most. I have family that live off the rest of us and personally I know I have worked for what I have, and yes its tough but it feels damn good coming home to my own home rather than the state.
Yes I have seen it myself - The individuals you perhaps are talking of have been fleecing our system ever since they arrived here - The most corrupt community in Britain are the Pakistanis I saw it when I was with the police force and I saw it when I worked for the DSS but of course we arent allowed to say it - Even though Baroness Barsi i think it was said exactly the same thing and she is Asian herself - The mosque provides all the money to setup a business for those that want it and of course not charging interest its cheaper than the banks then the whole family claims dole money and social security whilst working in their local shops - with 10 people sometimes living in the one house is it any wonder their dss payments add up after a few years and they can then buy the house. So many other scams and fiddles its quite depressing.
Even when I'm signing on the dole i see them pull up in their brand new mercedes on friday to signon - but no-one asks them how they can afford to run an expensive car whilst the rest of us cycle or take public transport!
It is shocking thats why I want to leave before Britain becomes like the third world countries, some of the places up here actually resemble them because of the way the immigrants setup their own communities and the landlords rip the system dry whilst never doing any work on the properties letting them fall into ruin.
I want to get away from all the lies and cheating scams and fiddles.
Hi Lillie
£700 is a great deal of money for anyone to lose per year! It is harder for those who do not have the means of gaining an income.
This year is going to be hard for everyone and there doesn't seem to be much light at the end of the tunnel.
I just keep thinking that there is only so much of a tree trunk that you can cut away before it can't recover and then just falls down. I think that we are like that - we have had so much cut away.
Does this mean that my daughter will no longer get her werthers original from Grandad and Grandma, she will be so disappointed. ha ha.... Sorry not a good sense of humour from me today but I do have to laugh.
On the serious side I agree that the older generation are left out there, and persoanlly I think the goverment is placing more pressure on the family to take care of their loved ones, those that can will and those that can't or won't will sadly suffer.
My thoughts are that somewhere along the line this country thinks of themselves and not of others, fend for yourself is the stance this country promotes now I'm affraid, they call it survival of the fittest.
Thanks darry, yes the pressure is becoming more and more so, I feel that the rest of the family have enough on their plates.
Most of todays grandparents don't want to become burdensome on their loved ones.
Heaven forbid that we all moved in together, as much as I love them all it just wouldn't work out.
My parents were fiercly proud of their independence as Hubby and I are and would not want to be a burden on them or society.
Now where did I put those toffee's.
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When I flicked through the paper I couldn't believe what I was reading and was staggered at seeing the amount of loss being inflicted.
It breaks my heart fruitcake seeing those pictures year in and year out of those dear folk struggling to eat and keep warm.
Stories like Parchesters Mother are sadly all too common, these dear people deserve more from society and shouldn't have to worry about selling all their worldly goods just to survive.