I'm not an overtly political person, in that I have my ideas about life and how it should be run, but I'd not stand around hectoring other people into voting for the same thing.
I like to believe in collective, blind, benevolent voting. Which generally results in everyone voting for the people who promise to steal slightly less than the other people. It's basically the same as normal politics.
But now and then you see certain promises that are so jaw-droppingly bollocks that you have to read them again. The sort of claims that are the smegma neck-tie to the politician's bell-end. The sort of thing that should be outlawed so as not to confuse the dumb people who do most of the voting. I mean that's too easy - you could claim the other party were aliens and a significant minority would actually believe you.
I refer, specifically to the Conservatives 'home protection scheme'.
So let's get this straight. Currently you get old and need residential care. You own a house. The state turns round and suggests you sell your house to pay for the residential care you may get. In fact, if your assets (i.e. your house) are worth more than £23,000 then you have to contribute.
Boo fucking hoo. Cough up. The only people who complain about this are middle class people who've been eyeing up their Dad's cottage and hoping it comes to them in their will.
Don't forget that the reason the state asks for a contribution is because it would costs a fortune to provide it for free. Apparently the Conservatives can square the circle.
According to their own figures, an average two-year stay in a residential care home can cost about £52,000.
That's £26,000 a year. Every year.
The Conservatives plan? That a single sum of £8,000 is paid at the age 65 that covers your residential care for life.
Um, call me picky, but that doesn't even cover 5 months. I mean not even close.
I'm wondering if someone left a zero off a calculation? The only alternative explanation is that the Conservatives are a bunch of lying, cheating, PR-obsessed c*ntflaps who believe that everyone is a bit stupid and reads a tabloid newspaper.
They're so going to win aren't they? :(
Saturday 3 October 2009
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It could be that most of the people who pay £8,000 are expected to soldier on at home until they die. Are residential homes that good anyway?
gb - taking into account raising care costs over the next 30 years, it basically boils down to a gamble that less than 20% of the population will require care for more than a year in their lives.
I'm not sure that's a bet I'd take!
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