I recently followed a link to David Cameron's Facebook page. Boy, doesn't he bang on spouting a load of poorly thought-out crap! Every other line refers to 'the working class' and him being 'one of us'. All posh boy's school tosh of course but hey, somebody voted him into power.
Anyway.... I want to take issue with some of his (and Tory party) policies, such as pushing up the retirement age before state pension is paid.
That is so much the wrong thing to do. Let those that want to retire earlier do and provide them with a state pension, but make it dependent upon the number of years they have been in gainful employment paying NI contributions - let's say 40 years. By allowing the 'older workers' to retire the young will have work opportunities. This will reduce payouts to the young jobless on benefits and allowing those that have done their bit to enjoy a more relaxed way of life.
An additional benefit from this policy would be that if the young have jobs then they can start saving for a house. And to encourage this the government should set up a scheme whereby every young worker who does not own a home automatically has money deducted at source to be paid into a government backed saving scheme towards their mortgage deposit. This would leave less money in the pockets of the young to go out on binge drinking sessions every time they get a pay packet.
My starter for 10 Mr Cameron - time you started thinking a bit more 'out of the box' and looking at the bigger picture, because IT IS MASSIVE.
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