Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
everyone needs to pay more, as we live longer than we used to. Although strikes were well shown in the news, the turn out was actually very poor, just a 5th of what the unions wanted!
I increased my pension contributions from 4% to 8% last week, as all this talk made me see how much I would actually get.
Add the 8% my employer pays in, I have a not too reasonable 16% pot now. Which in todays Monday (according to the Pension calculator) is around £24k a year.
Still not great, well under half what I'm earning now
I personally think property would be wise investment, not go mad, just get a second flat in London thats easy to rent out. In 25 years time mortgage paid off, the value of the flat is there, plus the rent is clear easy money, at least a grand a month in todays money.
Could be a nice little earner, just need to blag my other contracts going long enough to save up a deposit. :-/
El33t - well said, I think if we're all honest, most people would rather have the voice of a union standing up for their rights, but this government and a hideously biased media seem hellbent on making ordinary workers out to be the villains of this piece......seems it works on the simpler brains, sadly.....always will and thats just dandy for the tories, the bankers, the land owners - allows them to keep taking a little bit more for themselves see?
Oh and I should actually say, thankyou for the curry,
Very busy weekend, hard work, I'm absolutely knackered, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Good that its blanks - or is it just nearies??
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Can I be the only one who sticks up for Lizzie here? She's a well-respected contributor to this forum and although her views weren't to everybody's taste, I hope she'll be back.
