From: "Tumbleweed" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Elderly care
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 22:14:49 +0100


"tim (back in SY)"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Tumbleweed"  wrote in message 
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>> "Old Boy"  wrote in message 
>> news:1144081169.932733.290630@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>>A rather cold hearted case in the UK for taking pensioners homes from
>>> them in order to pay
>>> for their healthcare...
>>>
>>> http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=389
>>>
>>>
>>> not sure I agree...
>>>
>> Another POV is, "I worked hard all my life to get that and want to give 
>> it to my kids, whilst some other feckless person was sponging off the 
>> state (aka me the hard worker) and gets the same level of care, so why 
>> would you (the govt) advise my kids to get a job or save?"
>>
>> I suppose the answer has to be, old person gives home to kids more than 
>> (7?) years before they die and hope the kids dont chuck 'em out. (Not 
>> sure if it needs to be as long as 7 from that aspect?)
>
> The German method also works:
>
> The kids always pay for the needs of their parents whether they
> are in line to inherit or not.
>
> Seems fair to me, not sure that it is politically workable.
>

Can you explain more? Sounds amazing. Suppose you hated your parents, you 
had a miserable childhood, how would that work? Do they just deduct the 
money from your wages or what? And how do they divvie up the costs between 
children? And at what age does this start? When you reach retirement age? 
tell us more!!

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Tumbleweed

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