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2008-12-07 Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-07 11:38|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 warned that continued immigration would not help to defuse the "pensions timebomb".

How very insightful. Lord Wakeham, do you have any comments on the long term effects to civilized society of birth control by chance?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-07 12:07|| 2008-12-07 12:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Easy solution. All you pensioners line up here for your euthenasia shot.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-12-07 12:33|| 2008-12-07 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe that's call National Health Service (NHS) [another adaption of Orwell's newspeak by late 20th and early 21st Century socialists].

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-12-07 12:45|| 2008-12-07 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Which means that as Britain ages, the younger crowd will be increasingly disinclined to pay for them, since the younger crowd will be increasingly disaffected and pushing for a different system of governance and beliefs ...

Actually this class will not be paying because they are used to collecting.

Posted by DoDo 2008-12-07 13:02|| 2008-12-07 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 the purpose of loose immigration was no doubt to bring in workers who would subsidize the pensioners. Trouble is, every time I read about some Pak mook or "Firebrand" Islamospokeshole, they and their brood are already on the dole, and not working

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-07 13:06|| 2008-12-07 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes. They tried to prop up the welfare system by bringing in people to drain it.

Further proving that the wests dominance is a result more of everyone else being dumber than us being smarter.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-12-07 14:25|| 2008-12-07 14:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Of the 1 in 10 people who are foreign born, how many are on welfare? My guess would be at least 4 of 10, maybe more.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-07 14:25|| 2008-12-07 14:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Either way, the populations of Britain and Western Europe along with their socialist desires are unsustainable. Either have more of the native population have babies, bring in people that WANT to assimilate or prepare for the death of your national identity.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-12-07 14:35|| 2008-12-07 14:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks like they are taking their first baby steps in reforming their welfare system.

Posted by tipper 2008-12-07 16:28|| 2008-12-07 16:28|| Front Page Top

#10 1/ PAYG pensions are a ponzi scheme. Much better to invest abroad, and retire later than incentivise the worlds parasites to enter the country.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-12-07 16:59|| 2008-12-07 16:59|| Front Page Top

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