Soldato
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My central heating is never on.
So your gas cooker has cost £94?
My central heating is never on.
Electric cooker, boiler for a shower a day.So your gas cooker has cost £94?
I would think every pensioner that retired around 60 must be taking home £3m - I have pocketed £1.5m since 2000 and believe me it isn't enough - We will be up poo street if you Z- ers stop paying tax.
I remember 10 years ago asking my parents to help out to buy a place in London at the time I needed 30%.100k. they refused I asked them a few times over a period couple years, along with other issues.Tongue in cheek?
My gross income is currently around 25k with state pension part about 11k. So in five years I have had a bit over 125k. I do have a final salary pension element of about 14k which was for 27 years service which ended in 2009.
The entitlement is strong in this one.I remember 10 years ago asking my parents to help out to buy a place in London at the time I needed 30%.100k. they refused I asked them a few times over a period couple years, along with other issues.
They don't even spend their pension as they don't need it, their pension just accumulates in their bank, they retired early. 51 I think. Your generation and the one after made the most from property boom, Some like my parents took advantage of it.
I really think most not all from that generation and the one after are pretty selfish, they kept going on about how hard it was, I just don't see it.They seem to have so many financial opportunities gifted to them without actively seeking it.
Eventually I gave up, I told them I would never assist them in their later years, stuck to my word.. I walked away made my own way.in life.
I remember 10 years ago asking my parents to help out to buy a place in London at the time I needed 30%.100k. they refused I asked them a few times over a period couple years, along with other issues.
They don't even spend their pension as they don't need it, their pension just accumulates in their bank, they retired early. 51 I think. Your generation and the one after made the most from property boom, Some like my parents took advantage of it.
I really think most not all from that generation and the one after are pretty selfish, they kept going on about how hard it was, I just don't see it.They seem to have so many financial opportunities gifted to them without actively seeking it.
Eventually I gave up, I told them I would never assist them in their later years, stuck to my word.. I walked away made my own way.in life.
The entitlement is strong in this one.
I can't say I agree with any of that really.Typical from the older generation, they can never admit they had a system where everything was free and in abundance.
It was pure greed in the 80s and 90s, but they will never admit to it.
All you have to do is look at the state pension age, north sea oil spent on keeping those accustom to the quality of life back then rather than create a sovereign fund, or the state asset giveaway.
But I do love the way they go on about high interest rates but always forget mention they could claim it back.
Truth is that generation destroyed this country.then they have the audacity to say they had it harder. They profited from the previous generations and destroyed the generations after. We are paying their bills.
With all the sell offs, the harder it is going to be for future generations. Future generations heading towards no pension, poor medical service etc. But lumped with all the liabilities.
They turned education into a business, from free education for all to pay to access. Devaluing higher education, everything else they touched, they destroyed.
How many people were claiming in work benefits in the 70s compared to today?
Biggest mistake we made.All you have to do is look at the state pension age, north sea oil spent on keeping those accustom to the quality of life back then rather than create a sovereign fund, or the state asset giveaway.
A fair few years back PricewaterhouseCoopers did a study saying the UK could have built up our own fund so, in some respects, it is comparable.In my opinion it is impossible to compare
In my opinion it is impossible to compare
Biggest mistake we made.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund owns about 1.5% of all of the world's listed companies now.
We spaffed it away.
We sold our house in Brum for 16k and bought this dilapidated semi for 15k
So when I retired 23 yrs ago and collected my whacking great final salary pension I was ovewhelmed.
I have pocketed £1.5m since 2000 and believe me it isn't enough - We will be up poo street if you Z- ers stop paying tax.