I'm happy not working, but I still pay my own way.
None of us pay enough, and some are taking out way more than they have put in.
I'm happy not working, but I still pay my own way.
Get rid of the ponces and there would be loads of money for people willing to work .
One thing the DM has taught the nation is that the poor have all taken the money . Especially those in social housing or with suspicious skin pigments or foreign accents.
Just how dumb this country has become ??
absolute bollocks
Which one was he quoting...?
Tbf not a truly representative sample. Those getting PPI refunds tended to be the ones who borrowed heavily at the height of the credit boom without reading or understanding the small print.
A survey by an money-saving web-site is hardly hardly substantive evidence, is it now - irrelevant of where it is reported?
It's not just "older people were far more reluctant to get into debt in the first place". The older generation had the benefit of significant state support when they were younger. For example, if they wanted to go into tertiary education they didn't have to cope with student fees - those were paid and many got grants to help with living costs as well. Older people also had the advantage of being able to rent social housing at reasonable rents or, if they were that way inclined, to buy council housing at knock-down prices.
"Right to buy" hasn't been stopped (but then again, we've had right wing governments in power ever since Maggie started promoting it) but the supply of houses to buy is now much restricted (because most of them have already been sold off).
Lots of those who bought their houses are still alive... so their kids haven't necessarily benefited - and may not, if the house has to be sold off to pay for their parents' care (which some might suggest is karma).
I could refer you to the mortality statistics...