Here here Karen !!
I spent the last two nights / days reading up......and despite maybe not being the favoured position.....the way I see it ( and it has been grating me all day ! ) is......
My Dad and ' Mr Jones ' down the road are both 85
Both were in the services during the 2nd world war and have worked all their life.
Both paid their ' dues ' because they believed they and their spouses would be cared for by this country in their old age...
Dad also chose to save....and not touch his small investement. Which in turn allowed him to buy their first tiny flat when he left the Navy.
' Mr Jones ' didn't save
In advancing years...both developed AZ
Dad gets bugga all unless he pays the full wack for ANYTHING
Mr Jones gets full assistance
Did I mention that both had paid the same NI for over 50 years ? Opps yes I did....
Mr Jones WON'T have to lose his home to pay for his care
Dad will
This isn't aimed at ' Mr Jones ' - it's aimed at the injustice and the governments failing in not only it's commitment to those who gave us our liberty, all those years ago.......but even more recently...this governments ' pledge ' to our elderly to not have to sell their life's home to pay their care costs......
Agreeing with karen...I am not talking about the money...it's the total injustice to my Dad...he deserves better and has surely earned the right to better treatment / care
That'll teach my Dad to do what the government asked then...for people to be frugule and save........and pay their own way
Phew.......( now I really am in the ' do do's '
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* dons tin hat, hides behind sofa and waits for backlash *
Abby
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