{"id":89233,"date":"2018-05-23T23:42:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T16:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-square-the-circle-of-social-care-funding-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T00:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T17:04:12","slug":"how-to-square-the-circle-of-social-care-funding-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-square-the-circle-of-social-care-funding-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"How to square the circle of social care funding | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReaders respond to a Polly Toynbee article and to a supplement on dementiaPolly Toynbee points to the dilemma facing politicians over paying for social care (The social care crisis drags on, thanks to May\u2019s cowardice, 22 May). The legitimate human desire to pass on one\u2019s hard-earned wealth \u2013 in the vast majority of cases one\u2019s house \u2013 to the next generation clashes with the legitimate need for the state to draw on that wealth to pay for social care.The case often put by my Leeds constituents was \u201cWe\u2019ve paid for our house so why should we not be entitled to pass it on to our son or daughter.\u201d The huge flaw in this argument is that the current value of the house to be passed on is way above what the person paid for it decades before, even including the addition of general inflation. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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