Quote Originally Posted by notso View Post
Yes well I do , means testing is not the way forward and never should be , I’ll ask you do you think it’s fair a man/ woman lying in a nursing home worked hard all their lives and own their house , should have pay for their keep with their bought and paid for house , while some guy lying next to them hasn’t done a days work in his life never paid taxes gets his stay for free ? To me if your entitled due to age then you should get it no matter your savings , that’s bus pass, nursing stay or season ticket to dens
I think it’s shocking anyone should have to pay for care at an older age, and give up everything they have paid for through out their working life, the part I’m getting at is freebies should be there for folk that need them, I work with boys who have free bus passes, and I know what they earn, I just don’t think it’s right

It’s also wrong that someone who hasn’t done a days work gets a bigger government pension than those that have worked all their lives to pay for the pension just because they also paid out of their wages for a private pension