Comments by "F C" (@FC-PeakVersatility) on "Why is Britain poor? With Rory Sutherland" video.

Go to b&q and tell me pensioners are economically inactive. Same with my favourite teashop. There's loads of pensioners working for a living because their basic pension doesn't cut it at today's prices
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Please consult a psychologist, psychiatrist and a sociologist about having people never get out of the house 🤦 it might be good for the infrastructure and the atmosphere and for achieving net zero but we're heading for a mental breakdown if you do this.
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In the greater scheme of things, apart from social security, we give very little away
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@Cassp0nk 🤷 pretty sure the vast majority of kids did that for a minimum of 18 years, some for 25 or more. Many also got their parents into debts some may still be paying off. Who owes whom 🤨
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@Cassp0nk and let's not forget that minimum wage is nearly double state pension
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@patrickhiggins9633 that's a false representation of the figures referring to pensioners living as part of households with a total wealth of £1 million or more. The pensioners themselves could well have nothing more than their state pension. In fact a retired couple living in a converted manse near me, a property now valued at close to £1m, bought said property for an awful lot less an awfully long time ago. ie they have a joint wealth probably close to or in excess of £1m but actual individual incomes far below that (though potentially in the 10s of 1000s combined).
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