New Posts For Thread: £750 a week - old folks home? SKY news.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-newsIn my old job I occasionally took old age pensioners to these beautiful old Victorian refurbished houses and dropped them off after emptying their old house in a removal. One old fella got a room and a bathroom coming from a huge mansion. Downsizing.*homeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551935379#551935379*homesThu, 18 May 2017 04:51:46 -0500If everyone had to pay for health care out of taxes the cost would come down.Assuming we are paying for our own health care and not people from every corner of the world.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551935363#551935363If everyone had to pay for health care out of taxes the cost would come down.Assuming we are paying for our own health care and not people from every corner of the world.Thu, 18 May 2017 04:48:18 -0500Health care is so costly because government takes money from the sake of people's houses .This does not ease the cost of health care for all of us, it pushes the costs up.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551935353#551935353Health care is so costly because government takes money from the sake of people's houses .This does not ease the cost of health care for all of us, it pushes the costs up.Thu, 18 May 2017 04:46:28 -0500The torys are equity releasing the 'old dears' homex to pay for their own care.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551935327#551935327The torys are equity releasing the 'old dears' homex to pay for their own care.Thu, 18 May 2017 04:36:59 -0500That highlights one of the major problems of democracy and our electoral system.I am amazed any government makes unpopular decisions.One thing for sure is that if they do make unpopular decisions, they are very likely to be the correct ones.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551815543#551815543That highlights one of the major problems of democracy and our electoral system.I am amazed any government makes unpopular decisions.One thing for sure is that if they do make unpopular decisions, they are very likely to be the correct ones.Tue, 02 May 2017 12:03:28 -0500Governments know this is a growing problem but dare not take unpopular decisions and just kick it down the road.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551814545#551814545Governments know this is a growing problem but dare not take unpopular decisions and just kick it down the road.Tue, 02 May 2017 09:45:07 -0500Fair point dusty, though I know a few people with fancy cars and plenty of disposable who rent. It's a lifestyle choice for some, spend and enjoy now, let the state worry about looking after you later. Quite how so many successive governments never shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551814409#551814409Fair point dusty, though I know a few people with fancy cars and plenty of disposable who rent. It's a lifestyle choice for some, spend and enjoy now, let the state worry about looking after you later. Quite how so many successive governments never sTue, 02 May 2017 09:29:35 -0500There is another aspect.Those that never had the money more than likely lived an insecure life under the yoke, being pushed and pulled around and effectly largley by all aspects of ideology.When you got nowt you are everyone's lackie and punished likhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551814195#551814195There is another aspect.Those that never had the money more than likely lived an insecure life under the yoke, being pushed and pulled around and effectly largley by all aspects of ideology.When you got nowt you are everyone's lackie and punished likTue, 02 May 2017 08:41:27 -0500Just face it, the government sooner than later would rather prefer a 50% capital gains tax on all property sales.Why would a rancid bedsit in the heart of london go for a million, without the taxman getting his paws on it. Time to free-up some cash.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551813843#551813843Just face it, the government sooner than later would rather prefer a 50% capital gains tax on all property sales.Why would a rancid bedsit in the heart of london go for a million, without the taxman getting his paws on it. Time to free-up some cash.Tue, 02 May 2017 06:57:10 -0500Those people who have made provision for their old ages, usually through owning their own house, end up paying twice.Once for themselves and once for other people i.e. 50% of the amount I pay in council tax goes to the care homes.That it seems to behttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30869465/750-a-week---old-folks-home-sky-news?post_id=551813439#551813439Those people who have made provision for their old ages, usually through owning their own house, end up paying twice.Once for themselves and once for other people i.e. 50% of the amount I pay in council tax goes to the care homes.That it seems to beTue, 02 May 2017 04:34:34 -0500