Nearly one in five UK citizens 'to survive beyond 100'

[dipsydoodle]

Nearly one in five people currently in the UK will live to see their 100th birthday, according to the government.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said its figures suggested 10 million people - 17% of the population - would become centenarians.

These are based on Office for National Statistics population projections and life expectancy estimates.

Pensions Minister Steve Webb said the "staggering" figures brought home the need for pension reforms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12091758

[Nihil]

1. In a fair & just world, the first "pension reform" they should have brought in ...

... would have applied to every member of the government (present & past)
and their associated hangers-on before taking a penny or a day from the
rest of the population who have paid for every luxury for all of the
so-called "careers" of said people.

Fucking parasites.
:grr:

[non sociopath skin]

2. The Powers That Be's response to the good news that we're living longer ....

(1) Fuck me!!! How much is that going to cost?
(2) How much extra work can we screw out of them?

Oscar was right. Price of everything, value of nothing.

The Skin

[LeftishBrit]

3. Too true, alas!