stevecbj wrote:

The country is broke, think themselves lucky they still have a job.

I think you'll find that somewhere approaching 700,000 of them won't by the end of all of this

Eddie, I really enjoy hearing left wing views from people with £50,000 cars, I have a suggestion, sell your car and give the money to people you communist

Discovery1953 wrote:

awd man wrote:

They are on another planet

Pension deals we'd die for in the private sector and yet they still feel hard done by...

Bl00dy lemmings, I had better say no more.................

I have retired early due to ill health and can't get a penny back from the state as I was self employed.

While the public sector rakes it in and achieves nothing.

Don't start me on schools aas my wife is a finance manager.

Talk about ing money in the wind!!!!

Should be bl$ck, h$m$sexual and come from Nigeria!!!!!

Dawsey wrote:

x5pea wrote:

In an ideal world I would abstain from certain ones and receive a nice big reduction in my tax bill

Now that would be nice if it was an option.

and id pretty quickly set up business providing a refuse collection service

dazsear wrote:

The fact remains the public sector workers signed up for a certain scheme, I suspect a lot would not have been public workers if they had any idea the goal posts would change 2/3rd the way into their career ...

x5pea wrote:

Dawsey wrote:

x5pea wrote:

In an ideal world I would abstain from certain ones and receive a nice big reduction in my tax bill

Now that would be nice if it was an option.

and id pretty quickly set up business providing a refuse collection service

And no doubt run it at a massive profit

The whole reason we are in this situation in the first place is because of the attitude of the majority of people in this country who are not willing to contribute and pay there way, these are the people who are taking everything out of this country. Forget the bankers, if we didnt live in a society that loved benefits and something for nothing our country would not be broke at all. i work in the ambulance service and no where else is this apparent. The reason the NHS is shocking is because 90% of its 'customers' are freeloaders who WILL NOT help themselves. People believe they have the right to everything for nothing. I havnt responded to a GENUINE 999 emergency for ages because people call because they have a cold, or cant be bothered phoning there doctor and worse of all, its free, free trip to hospital, free treatment and free everything!

0cj0 wrote:

Eddie, I really enjoy hearing left wing views from people with £50,000 cars, I have a suggestion, sell your car and give the money to people you communist

I ain't no communist and my car was purchased for nowhere near £50K!!

I do, however, have every sympathy for people who have worked their entire lives with the expectation of something only to have it taken away because they work in a sector that is loathed and despised by Gideon and his fellow old Etonian millionaires!!

But strikes are sooo 1980's

They never work... they annoy Joe public, use up our valuable holiday quota...and provide 95% of the "strikers" with an xmas shopping trip. RRS gone
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awd man wrote:

But strikes are sooo 1980's

They never work... they annoy Joe public, use up our valuable holiday quota...and provide 95% of the "strikers" with an xmas shopping trip.

Can you come up with a better way of standing up to a government lining it's pockets

The problem is the government - what company would place an order then pay millions more than quoted then park and not use it ie, aircraft carriers or spend billions on a plane then cut it up and buy another, ie nimrod

I keep hearing about a recession but the shops are full of people buying, the restaurants are full of people eating, the airports are full of holidaymakers - I was a kid in the 70's and we did not have holidays or eat out so I am a bit skeptical  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

muddywheels wrote:

awd man wrote:

But strikes are sooo 1980's

They never work... they annoy Joe public, use up our valuable holiday quota...and provide 95% of the "strikers" with an xmas shopping trip.

Can you come up with a better way of standing up to a government lining it's pockets

The problem is the government - what company would place an order then pay millions more than quoted then park and not use it ie, aircraft carriers or spend billions on a plane then cut it up and buy another, ie nimrod

I keep hearing about a recession but the shops are full of people buying, the restaurants are full of people eating, the airports are full of holidaymakers - I was a kid in the 70's and we did not have holidays or eat out so I am a bit skeptical

Then there is the retirement age increase, for most of us on here who was expecting to retire at 65 they are now making us work until we are 67 to get the state pension Why make someone who's worked all their live, work even longer to get something that they deserve and have paid into They say there are xyz number of youngsters out of work, well why don't they let the golden oldies retire early and get the lazy little who are on the internet till the small hours of the morning then in bed till dinnertime to get up off their lazy arses and get a job. Rant over for now.

The retirement age is a good point - someone in an office could work until 67 or even 70 but how can a brickie or a plasterer  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

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sweetafton wrote:

Or Carpenter muddywheels !

Sorry  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!