Property News · February 20, 2017

Baby boomers don’t deserve to be punished | Letters


I was incensed when I read Phillip Inman’s article Baby boomers, pay your dues (14 February). I am shocked at the bad feeling and bad publicity towards pensioners in the media. I was born in 1944 and cannot remember a time, as now, so hopeless for the workers of this country. When I started work there were always plenty of vacancies. In those days, outsourcing jobs to other countries and employing people on zero-hours contracts was unheard of.Employees were valued and treated well. Most firms had a good – contributory – pension scheme, canteen and often Christmas parties for children of employees, all paid for by the company. The firm my husband worked for paid for a staff trip every year – usually to Blackpool for the day. In addition, the company paid 52% corporation tax, and the chairman said he was happy to pay that tax. If you worked hard, you were treated well. Unlike now, the average working man could afford to buy a modest house, or pay a fair rent, afford a car and take his family on holiday every year. This was a generous country, looking after its citizens. People paid their taxes – basic tax rate of 33% in the 1960s – and national health insurance. These taxes paid for libraries, hospital care, swimming pools, parks, schools, good transport and infrastructure. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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