• SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    At what point do we have to have a serious conversation about just what sort of work we can expect a 70 year old to be able to do?

    It’s all well and good raising the retirement age, but eventually you’ll get to a point where you’ve got people who are simply unemployable because of their age.

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      10 months ago

      Then those people need to be taught a lesson, stripped of any assets and be left to die a miserable death following a period of fear, homelessness and uncertainty.

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          10 months ago

          Oh yeah, absolutely sarcasm. Didn’t think the /s was needed… But then I remember the Tories exist and this is close to actual policy.