Elderly social engineering

[Preacher]

I worked hard for very many years and we bought our house... No mortgage.. All ours.. Paid by us... On top of our taxes.. And NI... Unfortunately, I became too ill to work due to MS 10 years ago, but still have to pay council tax, dentist bills, etc. because as homeowners, who planned against a loss of financial income, we don't qualify for income support, or other means tested benefits.

the couple down the road, who have never had proper jobs, have never paid tax, or NI and have never paid council tax, have £38 more than us to spend every week, they don't pay for dental treatment, they get preferential deals on heating oil, decorating grants, free heating upgrades and are entitled (due to the wife being depressed, despite spending every day playing bingo) to a free foreign holiday every year....

So nothing planned, or administrated by past or current government departments surprises me!.. (I shall of course be instituting my own, self administered form of socially responsible community planning WSHTF.. Just to discourage freeloading of course)