WRECKER - THE PRINCIPLE IS GREAT AND BEING IN MY FIFTIES I'M ALL FOR IT. BUT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF TWEEKING.
> > Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.
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> > You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
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> > There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.
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> > Pay them £1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
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> > 1) They MUST retire.
> > Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed -WHO WILL REPLACE THE WELL DESCIPLINED, RELIABLE, EXPERIENCED OVER 50 WORKFORCE. MY COMPANY HAS BEEN LOOKING TO EMPLOY WELL DESCIPLINED, RELIABLE, EXPERIENCED PEOPLE FOR AT LEAST 6 YEARS OR MORE AND HAVE BEEN MOSTLY DISSAPOINTED. THEY JUST AREN'T OUT THERE AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION........................... WELL I'M JUST NOT GOING THERE!!
> > 2) They MUST buy a new British car.
> > Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed - WE DON'T HAVE ANY BRITISH CARS ANYMORE. DO WE? DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T?
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> > 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -
> > Housing Crisis fixed WOULD GUESS MOST POEPLE IN THEIR 50'S HAVE LITTLE OR NO MORTGAGE, THOSE RENTING MUST NOW BUY? WHERE, THERE ARE VERY FEW PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET AND A MASS INFLUX OF BUYERS WILL START A HOUSING BOOM, PRICES ROCKET AND HERE WE GO AGAIN ON THE BOOM / BUST ROUNDABOUT.
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> > 4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -
> > Crime rate fixed A LOT OF THOSE WHO GOT CAUGHT LOOTING IN LAST YEARS RIOTS HAD AN EDUCATION.
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> > 5) They MUST buy £100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week .....
> > And there's your money back in duty/tax etc GOOD IDEA? BUT MAY GET SOME HORRID ILLNESS OR WORSE AND RUN UP COSTS ON THE NHS 50 HIGHER THAN THE TAX RECOVERED.
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> > It can't get any easier than that! ALMOST THERE !!!!!- A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT AND YOU HAVE CRACKED IT. I'M VOTING FOR YOU AS I'M SURE YOU WILL GET THE ANSWER VERY SOON.
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> > P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances GREAT IDEA!!!!!
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> > If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.
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> > Also.....
> > Let's put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. HHHHHHUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER, I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE CONVINCING.......................... I LIKE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS THOUGH; A LITTLE TWEEKING HERE AND THERE AND YOU GET MY VOTE ON THIS ONE TOO. YOU WANT TO GIVE ME £1 MILLION, I MUST STOP WORK AND THEN SEND ME TO PRISON AT RETIREMENT AGE. I'M STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT WORK IN MY MIND.
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> > This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.
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> > They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.
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> > They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance.
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> > Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them.
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> > A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell.
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> > They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose.
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> > They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education.
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> > Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request.
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> > Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens.
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> > Each senior could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls.
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> > There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.
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> > The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay £600.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out.