And Then Up Or Down...

   As a break from co-co, I’m sure you out there of an age remember how the state pension triple-lock was declared, by government, to be a thing of wonder for pensioners.
   Well, so, here we are and I’m also sure you old folk wot continue to clutter the place up, have seen the news that the government, in that shape shifting shape of Richie Sad-Sack are considering, now a pension increase looked to be almost worthwhile, almost, that the triple-lock possibly isn’t such a thing of wonder after all and could be ignored. 
   The reason? Seeing the old getting a ‘pay rise’ could upset the young. Is anything in this scary new world not acted upon without first and foremost considering hurty words and/or hurty feelings of others?
   Those National Insurance deductions from my wages, wages hard earned in the old world since age fifteen, went towards helping those that came before me. Now? Seems those working don’t give those that have come before them no never mind.
   Just a wild guess, but I’m wildly guessing that ‘they’ may well be ‘considering’ another angle like this for when the final announcement is made: In view of the ‘disaster’ co-co has inflicted on the economy, the triple-lock indicates there needs to be a reduction in the state pension of twenty percent so, well, sorry, but that’s how the triple-lock works, right? As with your lottery ticket, better luck next year...    
   Further to this, it will be announced that, in the near future, all pension payments accrued via work or private pension schemes individuals have payed into and are now receiving, will be deducted by the government at source, for the greater good you understand, thus putting all the elderly on a level poverty playing field.
   The above will not be applicable to the pensions of those that would rule over you, civil serpents or any of those in the public sector all of whom are working tirelessly to make your life down there as miserable as they possibly can, by any means at their disposal. But that’s only common sense.
   If a civil serpent happens to blunder through this Mirror, those last three paragraphs are for fun and not to be construed in any shape or form as an advisory, okay? Well? Okay? Hello?

        

Quote;  R.C. Sherriff.

“When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.”