Keith, at 19:57 on Apr 23 1996, you wrote to Rod Speed ...

JW>> Geez you lot.  Thanks for making me and all the
JW>> other honestly unemployed people feel bloody guilty.

RS>> Good, you should. What its about is you making some decent 
RS>> provision for the inevitable times when you wont be 
RS>> employed, saving some money so you dont need to just stick 
RS>> your snout into the trough when the inevitable happens, your 
RS>> current job stops. Why does it make the slightest sense for 
RS>> you to spend it all while you are working, and then expect 
RS>> US to support you when you aint currently working ?

KR> if it is *inevitable* then it will happen to everybody so 
KR> everybody will contribute while they work, and benefit when 
KR> they dont. seems quite fair.

I would suggest that quite a proportion have never contributed to the
"system", or have contributed very little.

David
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