I heard the government's official criteria for poverty was not having Sky, only one mobile phone and not being able to buy more than 20 B&H/day.
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Retirement poverty trap faces middle-aged
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you're not far off HyperD. I remember on the news the official definition was something like not having something that the majority of the population had (i.e 51%+). The reason it made the news was because the ownership of tumble dryers had risen above that mark so therefore if you didn't have a tumble dryer you were living in NL poverty...
Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Hope I die before I grow Old ... oh for the music of a distant drum, wave the rest and take the cash in hand and run !
My advice is that if you have any cash saved, then spend at least 80 per cent of it by this weekend.
You see after a lifetime of office drudgery and stress, by the time you hit 65 you will have false teeth, a dicky heart and terrible indigestion.
The majority of people who retire die within two years of retirement.
Live for today for tomorrow we die.Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 12 October 2005, 09:43.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost"Here today, gone tomorrah" DSOM.
I inverted it to read "Gone Today , Here Tomorrow" I thought it was kind of Pink Floydish at the time ... sorry better run along ...me rice puddings getting burnt !Comment
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Originally posted by milanbeneshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...821863,00.html
AT LEAST one in ten 50-year-olds today can expect to live in poverty after retirement, says a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Why did we let the poor in anyway? Send em back where they came from.
Sorry, reverted to Tory Boy for a second. Will reboot.Vieze Oude ManComment
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Originally posted by DimPrawnNow since the government defines poverty in this country as being in the bottom 10% of the average income then there will ALWAYS be one in ten people living in so called fecking poverty. Idiot fecking socialist clap-trap meant to support the next range of tax rises to help the "poor" by taxing the "rich" (ie. those above average wealth).
Poverty is not the term I'd use though. Poor yes, and it can be heartbreaking to hear of parents trying to buy clothes and food for kids (not all poor parents are wasting money on 20 fags a day).
But poverty is living in a muddy hole, with newspaper for a roof, and an empty baked bean can for a toilet. Isn't it?Comment
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But poverty is living in a muddy hole, with newspaper for a roof, and an empty baked bean can for a toilet. Isn't it?
Luxury !
We used to dream of living in a muddy hole ....Comment
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