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but i thought everyone was moaning that the baby boomers had so much money and owned property and so they should be taxed even further. So if these young ones have their way and do that then the amount of old ones needing the state support for their care will grow colossally as they won’t have...

I’ve a nephew, who moans he can’t afford a home, or depending on what subject is being discussed, can’t a pension, has to rely on food banks etc etc. Funny though, he can afford to buy a good few cans of beer each week and keeps his local drug dealer in very full time employment. Guess it’s a...

blimey, 84 for me! Now who do I complain to if I don’t live that long?

and i don’t think it was meant in the context you’ve taken it

problem is worse than that. Those of us who have paid NI for the last 50 odd years were actually paying for those already retired. It’s the 30 somethings now who are due to be paying ours, then rinse and repeat

or even people like a mate of mine who ran his own smallish business for 30 odd years the stress of which culminated him having a complete breakdown at 62 and if he hadn’t stopped work he would probably have dropped dead.

That’s a sorry stat, let’s hope you bust the mould fella. My old Dad comes from a line where up until his Dad no male lived past 72. His Dad made 80 and my Dad? well he’s coming up for an impressive 94. Albeit the dementia is playing havoc, he hurts just about everywhere, and it’s costing him...

but all of them will eventually become pensionable age who will need even more youngsters to pay for it. And so it turns.

oh not again …….