My parents are a similar age and they think its lettuced. They are both clever and wise, so whats your point?
BTW whats with the bloody vegetables keep appearing in my tango'd replies
Nothing wrong with being both clever and wise.. It just seems not very common...
Anyway, I am not going to mention any particular political party in this, just to point out a few facts
FACT ONE:
There is a party that claims to be the; "Party of low taxation".. This has to be a joke!!! They say that all local authorities are to be self funding by whatever the date is. 2020?? Anyway, wait to you see how much your council tax is then??? Is it right that in poor areas the schools will be penniless compared to in better off areas so you kids education will vary according to where you live?? etc etc etc??
FACT TWO
Just a few weeks ago, a certain female political person was in all the papers sounding off about the fact that they were going to spend millions on "mental Health". Now this is total Radishes. The local branch of MIND near where i live, actually went bust because their funding was cut so much. Now we all know that discriminating against people on the grounds of disability is a criminal offence.. Are we all agreed on that one?? Well, it has recently actually been written into law that assistance with mobility is SPECIFICALLY not allowed for people whose mobility is affected by mental health conditions...
FACT THREE:
Just a few weeks ago the same female politician was in all the papers saying that they were going to pump "millions" [or was it billions] into local authorities to pay for the "crisis in social care" Err, a few days later they decide they are ACTUALLY going to make pensioners fund it???
You do understand the changes: yes?? err no... Then let me tell you what they are..
A few years ago there was a massive fuss because people that had to go into a care home were forced to sell their houses. The government courgetteed up with this, and a lady, i forget her name, took them to court and they were found to be acting illegally and had to hand back the value of these houses to literally THOUSANDS of people.
Has not stopped the illegality though, and there is courgette all you can do now, even if treated illegally, as you will not be able to go to court to fight it, as you will not get legal aid. [That is another thing, all of you that have paid off your mortgages, do realise that you are not eligible for legal aid for ANYTHING now as far as i am aware.. You realise now..]
Anyway, the same female politician has been claiming in the last few days that:
"NOBODY WILL LOSE THEIR HOME TO PAY FOR CARE"
Well, afraid they will. They will not lose their home as long as they are alive, but second they die they will, the council put a charge on the house to get the care home costs back..
Anyway, the new changes...
It PURELY affects people that require any form of help and support
in their own home, say like help from social services, or "meals on wheels" or any other things, like carers or support workers.
Up till now they would be means tested. If they had more than £23,000, they would have to meet the ENTIRE cost themselves. If they had between about £14,000 and the £23,000, they would have to pay a proportion.
Now according to the government, if the had less than this, care would be free. TOTALLY UNTRUE.
If you are ill enough to require care, you will be ill enough to receive state money to live on. [You will hardly be well enough to have a job now will you]
Anyway, you already HAVE to pay for care from what ever little money you do have, and get invoiced monthly by the council... Did not print that one in the papers did they??
What they are doing now, is that for the people
THAT STILL LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOME, they are including the value of the home in the persons assets. This means in effect, that any and all old persons that own their own home, WILL have to meet the ENTIRE cost of any care that they receive, and, if they do not have a high enough income, [trust me they will not!!] it will be taken from the value of their house..
Now, the very vast majority of people on this forum will own their own home. EVERYONE on this forum will get old..
EVERYONE on this forum, will hope, that when they get old, that they do not end up in a care home, and obviously hope, that they will be able to give their house to their kids, as let's face it, in most areas of the country, there is now no way on earth that a young person or couple will EVER be able to afford a home of their own..
The changes now proposed, mean that unless you manage to live out your ENTIRE life, without any form of help in old age, or indeed at any time of life, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HOME.. So, be careful what you are voting for.. Can you GUARANTEE that YOU [or your missus] will not need a home help, or meals on wheels, or ANY other form of help WHATSOEVER?? For the entire rest of your life?? Because if you do, you WILL kiss goodbye to your home..... [even if you are still living in it]
Do you know the worst bit of all this though??? All they have to do is to stop giving all the money away on "foreign aid" and none of this would be "neccessary" So, YOU, YOU PERSONALLY, are quite likely, unless you are VERY lucky, to lose YOUR HOUSE, and all because the government would rather give the social care money to tango'd africans, indians, and the chinese [etc etc etc]
Is this really what you want????
john..
john..