edders23 wrote:
having savings in the bank or rental or dividend income is being hammered. If you've spent your life being financially prudent your stuffed but if you've spent your life boozing or taking drugs you are going to be rewarded with extra benefits.
There's something seriously wrong with a system where you can save (like we were told to) and buy property (like we were told to), where if you are unfortunate enough to develop something like Alzheimer's, the state will take your savings, sell your property and leave you with a pittance to cover your care costs - whereas if you p*ssed it all away or didn't work and claimed everything the state would look after you FOC