Derby Wolf
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They've remembered they can fuck the disabled without risking as many votes.
And 99% likely to be mortgage free. Young people are so shafted in today's environment, as well as others. Only sympathy I have is at old age you can't exactly go out and get a job / higher wagesIs that less than £35,000 for ANY pensioner or Household income? Does it need only one to be below 35?
35 grand is nearly 3k a month, 6 if there’s two of you. That seems a decent wedge to me. If one is working and one below 35k then presumably there’s no household ceiling at all which seems crazy.
Must be missing something obvious here?
From this coming winter, everyone above the state pension age in England and Wales with a household income of £35,000 or less will receive the winter fuel payment.
The triple lock means that they’ve got a better chance than most of avoiding the worst of upward pressures.And 99% likely to be mortgage free. Young people are so shafted in today's environment, as well as others. Only sympathy I have is at old age you can't exactly go out and get a job / higher wages
And 99% likely to be mortgage free. Young people are so shafted in today's environment, as well as others. Only sympathy I have is at old age you can't exactly go out and get a job / higher wages
99% of pensioners mortgage free? I highly doubt that.And 99% likely to be mortgage free. Young people are so shafted in today's environment, as well as others. Only sympathy I have is at old age you can't exactly go out and get a job / higher wages
Yeah, but the same goes for everyone else who is under whatever the pension age is this days and on 35k.99% of pensioners mortgage free? I highly doubt that.
Edit. Obviously a lot of pensioners won't have a mortgage, either cos they've paid it off or they never had one in the first place and are now paying rent. Mortgage benefits you say? Big wow, it's a pittance.
Some pensioners are wealthy and should pay their way but there are a lot who are not, this new trigger point is fair imv. No-ones living the high life on 36000 joint income, mortgage or not.
It does but I don't see why pensioners have to be 'bashed' for what they've achieved in their lifetime. All low income people/families need some help.Yeah, but the same goes for everyone else who is under whatever the pension age is this days and on 35k.
Fair, but the rewards should be proportionate. We have a society where houses were sold off cheap to the same generation and there is a general unwillingness to recognise that, compared to young people now, they did have it easier.It does but I don't see why pensioners have to be 'bashed' for what they've achieved in their lifetime. All low income people/families need some help.
Certainly we had it easier with housing, no question, although I think that youngsters have everything else much easier. Obviously housing is most people's biggest expense.Fair, but the rewards should be proportionate. We have a society where houses were sold off cheap to the same generation and there is a general unwillingness to recognise that, compared to young people now, they did have it easier.
Suggesting that Corbyns political understanding is that of a teenager isnt a trivialisation - its true.And yet you made the "imagine" comment?
Getting a house later in life has multiple knock on effects. It wasn't intended as bashing older people, more just being factual about how society works. I bet if young people (by which I mean 40 or below) voted more, they'd get a more proportionate share of support.Certainly we had it easier with housing, no question, although I think that youngsters have everything else much easier. Obviously housing is most people's biggest expense.
Personally I've not come across anyone of my age that doesn't recognise that today's young people have it worse in the housing market, both buying and renting. They understand this because the majority are helping finance their kids mortgages in one way or another.
99% was a guess, actually it appears to be 95% on doing some actual research.99% of pensioners mortgage free? I highly doubt that.
Edit. Obviously a lot of pensioners won't have a mortgage, either cos they've paid it off or they never had one in the first place and are now paying rent. Mortgage benefits you say? Big wow, it's a pittance.
Some pensioners are wealthy and should pay their way but there are a lot who are not, this new trigger point is fair imv. No-ones living the high life on 36000 joint income, mortgage or not.
Fair enough, actually my original post I realised was stupid, of course most pensioners are mortgage free, they would mostly have paid it off or never had one, it's why I edited it.99% was a guess, actually it appears to be 95% on doing some actual research.
Completely with you on that, agreed.Fair enough, actually my original post I realised was stupid, of course most pensioners are mortgage free, they would mostly have paid it off or never had one, it's why I edited it.
I may have over reacted to your post, it's just I'm triggered by the fact than successive govts over my lifetime have been clever by encouraging the lower income members of society attack one another. Pensioners, the out of work, some disabled etc have regularly been targeted by others in a similar position financially.