Pensioners to share bedrooms

[Sangoma]

Following the recent bedroom tax, the minister for welfare and pensions has announced that single pensioners who are living in state housing are now going to have to move in with a pensioner "partner" in an effort to free up accommodation for the fast increasing number of pensioners.
The minister stated that inline with free medicines for the over 65s, contraceptives would be free.



(for those not familiar with the UK, people living on benefits in social housing will lose part of their benefit income if they have spare bedrooms in their house, the aim being to free up larger houses for the larger families on the waiting list)

 

[jpanhalt]

What is state housing? Is social housing the same as state housing?

Are you happy with that turn of events?

John

 

[picbits]

I hear they are also planning on providing free Viagra to ease the shock of having to sleep with each other.

 

[Sangoma]

I hear they are also planning on providing free Viagra to ease the shock of having to sleep with each other.

Only upon proof they will make good use of it

 

[tcmtech]

So what is a pensioner any way?

I am guessing it's someone who never had a good job and never owned a home or that never saved any money for retirement and thus became a ward of the system once they are too old to work?

 

[jpanhalt]

I figured there were two American interpretations of social housing. One was some sort of welfare/public housing. The other was something like we see with cluster homes and social centers for the elderly -- not that I would want to socialize with the elderly.

The problem with euphemisms is that they are often ambiguous, which I guess is why they are called euphemisms.

John.

 

[audioguru]

I am retired. I receive two pretty good tax-free pensions from my government, reduced property tax and free medical treatment and drugs.
I live in my own home and I have paid off the mortgage a long time ago.

I am not a homeless bum and I am not on welfare.

 

[tcmtech]

I am not a homeless bum and I am not on welfare.

That would imply that you more than likely worked for a living for some time and planned ahead that some day you would probably get too old to work before you were too old to live.

 

[audioguru]

I retired when I got tired of working. I spent a little of my savings and did odd jobs for 5 years then got my pensions early from the government.