Echoes Of Greatness
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@EchoesOfGr
Communism is bad, actually
When I started paying National Insurance contributions in 1976, the deal was that I'd get a pension providing for a basic standard of living in a then-unimaginable 50 years' time. But now I've finally got there, it's just half the minimum wage.
@kokeshimum @TuckerClemens No, *many* pensioners have been left wing all their lives & have always voted that way, while *many* younger people are right wing or don’t even bother voting at all. I say *many* with both cohorts & would never consider either group as being identical in political opinions.
Minimum wage rising 📈 State pension increasing 💷 Two child limit abolished 🏡 Child poverty falling 📉 Rights at work strengthened 💪🏻 Labour promised change. We are delivering change. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Young people are never going to get the situation boomers had, if you’re promising them that your policies will get us there you’re lying. The legitimate reasons for anger is their very common refusal to acknowledge how easy they had it and how ridiculous the pension system is.
Why does Gen Z feel incapable of getting a second job, or part-time work? If he only has one job, he can work fifteen hours extra a week stacking shelves and save that for a house - and stop blaming other people for his inactivity.
