Total Unfairness

We live in a ridiculous age where we have pensioners and those unfortunate people who are unable to work because of illness and disability. Having to sit and watch as addled brained footballers get paid astrological amounts of cash for a skill which quite frankly, most children possess. Where Civil servants and Bankers who are the main source of the problems we face. Walk away with early retirement clutching large bundles of cash. Where incompetence is rewarded rather than punished' they being given large severance settlements. Where policemen and fire men stand and watch people die rather than go against the health and safety rules, And where single parents receive so much money from the state, that even if they wanted to work they would not be able to, having got used to the high standard of living that the=y obviously expect. Added to which and this is a subject that is near and dear to my heart having spent thirty year in the Royal Navy and served on HMS Tiptoe when she ran aground in that same area. The difference being that Tiptoe was a wartime "T" class with rudimentary navigation facility's unlike the state of the art equipment fitted to "Astute" It is inconceivable that the Navigation Officer and CO had not made sure the charts were in date. However the CO will be happy because he will probably get promoted , they usually do. The forces have been rewarding incompetence almost as long as the Civil Service.There are further observations at "Micabaobserves.blogspot.com and http://www.enjoy-your-retirement.com

It Is Worrying Times.

As a pensioner it is particularly worrying as most are on a fixed income, an income that invariably leaves very little room for manoeuvre. Therefore cutbacks, interest rates and the the cost of day to day items are of concern. Every day there is an article in the papers making reference to the problems that are queuing up to be delivered shortly. It would appear that the government is now targeting the winter fuel allowance. It is to be hoped that we do not have a hard winter. Whilst recognising the dilemma that the government finds itself in, It is sad that the bulk of pensioners who have contributed and conducted their affairs in a honest and respectable manor are once again being punished because of the actions and greed of others.

Pension turmoil

1. The pension turmoil continues, thge public sector refusing to accept the inevitable and threatening strikes and non cooperation in the bid to force the goverment to relent on the proposed cut backs. Of course they will complain they have had thier own way for far too long. Successive goverment sucking up to them time and again. The unfairness of the pension systems currently in use in this country quote>