Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
owning a home is an asset and assets are wealth.
its a known fact that if you live on your own you are put in a care home then the council (social work) sell your house to pay for the care. the care prices vary widely and an average is £1500 a week... yes you read right. in Scotland it all started when holyrood said they had found an extra few hundred million to pump into the NHS. what they actually done was turned the care into private sector.
the local councils now have to foot the bill for those that dont have any assets. this in turn is driving council tax up.
the other thing is is you do have a lot of assets that put you in a swanky care home at £3000 a week until the money runs out then transfer you to a shizz hole to rot away.
my advice is spend spend spend before you retire. if you have already retired then spend even more.
if your poor your feked........ and its off to the scumbox along side all the shizz a pizz residents.
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