and as i posted before, some pensioners cant even afford the Ritz biscuit.Originally Posted by bigmarco
Probably find that there's not many union leaders could afford to spend the last 4/5 months of their life in a suite at the Ritz
i bet she was on a nice pension unlike many pensioners
but hey i was doing good in them days. and that's all that matters - compassion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...s-poor-society
But from the very beginning of the 18 years of Conservative rule the poor were under the cosh. No developed state, with the exception of New Zealand, suffered such a brutal widening of inequality. In 1979 the post-tax income of the top 10% of the population was five times that of the bottom 10%; by 1997 it had doubled to 10 times as much. After three decades during which economic growth was shared across income groups, the distribution went into reverse.
