Living to 100
mrkeen
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Nearly one in five people currently in the UK will live to see their 100th birthday, according to the government.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12091758
Nearly 40 years of retirement to the expense of the tax-payer, sat at home all day. This makes little sense to me. If this prediction is accurate some drastic reforms need addressing. How the hell can we afford this? Everyone is different, many people will get cancer, it is no good setting one retirement age for all.
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In Logan's Run people went through carousel at 30. I'd be long gone.
To be honest it's a bit depressing that it's *only* to 100. What about immortality?
You begrudge the fact that 1 in 5 will live to 100?
Really?
There are some sour, depressed, miserable old misers out there, I just can't believe it
Some people would only see the problems of immortality and think of how much it cost.
A lot of people do want to keep working after the retirement age, but there is still a huge prejudice against older people in a lot of professions.
oh yes, because seeing a way to pay for something means the same as begrudging:rolleyes:
There are some fickle, uncalculating, sterotypical young fools in here, i well believe it.
Inevitably, in the years to come, the retirement age will be raised further and further as life expectancy continues to rise. Or at any rate, the age at which one can receive state retirement pension.
Otherwise we will have a huge cadre of people doing nothing and living off the efforts of working age people.
I don't think they should get the free perks now. We can't afford the luxury
To be honest the thought of living until I'm a 100 frightens me. I think one of the worst and sad illnesses is dementia and if like they say people are going to live to a 100 then maybe its about time that there was a cure for this disease as what quality of life is an old person with this illness going to have.
You read about people especially young people being obese and abusing their bodies with alcohol. If that the case then we will be outliving our children.
The stupid attitude of "I don't want to live to 100 as I don't want to be old or incapable"
What a lot of people fail to get is that as time moves forward a number of illnesses will become curable/treatable. People will tend to become fitter and healtier thanks to medical advancements. Future 100 year olds may have the stamina and health of a 50/60 year old.
The younger generation of today will have little chance of reaching 100 unless they change their attitudes and lifestyle.
Excessive drinking, drug taking and smoking does not help the cause and it seems that more younger people than ever are misusing these.
Heaven help us if they ever find a cure for cancer and heart disease
My Grandmother lived to nearly 102 and I can assure you, she didnt just "exist".
She lived in her own home and was often found out and about.
Not everyone who gets older shuffles around
If you were to die now then you wouldn't have to pay tax for all those people who are sat at home all day for 40 years nor for every Tom, Dick and Harry who decides to come into the country.
Assuming your profile is accurate and you retired at 65 you've been doing it for nearly 43 years now. Are you bored yet?
I'm 67, I'm out most days of the week, meeting up with different friends, or my sister, going to the pictures, lunching or mooching round the shops, and generally enjoying myself. Do I feel guilty about being a drain on society, NO ! I do not.
Granny also helped out with a mobile library that went to rural districts.
She did everything for free and all of that would have cost a fortune if she hadn't contributed.
She was one of the lucky ones health-wise, never sick and passed away in her sleep in 2001. Still miss her.
Accept that these people will not be at home.
They will be stuffed in a corner in some grotty old folks home and left to rot there.
One thing is for sure, many will be abandoned by their offspring.
Most will die well before they reach 100 years old and the greedy government knows this which is why the retirement age is 70.
Yes 70 year old's are expected to be able to get employed, don't make me laugh.
Do not forget that the elderly of today are people who have worked all there lives, fought a war to keep this country Great Britian and paid into the national insurance system.
Thank goodness that euthanasia has not been introduced yet. They deserve a decent retirement.
In the future euthanasia will be introduced and Inheritance will be disallowed with the government getting all monies and assets from the deceased.
The tax payer will always pay taxes regardless.