7 Years - Is it enough ?

[original PM]

I also heard this on the radio as well.

and i though

banana's are cheaper than mars bars

apples are cheaper than crunchies

cooking meat and 2 veg is cheaper than a bargain bucket at KFC

so it is nothing to do with money

it is to do with lifestyle and work types

[TimberWolf]

A breakdown of career to life expectancy would make interesting reading. Does a lifetime of manual work send you to your maker early?

As an anecdote I temporarily worked in a 'picking' job. You had to pick items from a trolley and put them in a cage, which when full would be sent to a supermarket. You had pick 1000-1500 items a day, which meant stooping and unstooping 1000 or so times a day with little let up. It did occur to me that a pension would be a unnecessary investment if you were stuck doing that all your life.

[Scary]

Give them more money and they'll buy more expensive unhealthy things. It doesn't cost much to lead a healthy lifestyle (if you know how to shop for food, cook and take exercise).

[mr_woo]

The reason why poor people live less is the reason why they are poor. Too much drugs, booze and lard sarnies. If I spent all day down Weatherspoons, I'd be poorer and probably die earlier.

[minestrone]

It must be great being working class, you can just eat rolls and sausage all day.

[DiscoStu]

If your life expectancy is directly proportional to how much money you have, DimPrawn and sasguru must be nearing immortality by now.

[Troll]

So poor people live for an average of 7 years less

more crisps for the poor
& increasing the minimum wage will help (just watch more of those Cadbury jobs move to Poland)