So what if I don’t want a new television? The VAT cut isn’t going to put any more money in my pocket whatsoever. In fact, I’ll be worse off next year because I’ll have to pay for this so-called ’saving’. As far as I can tell, the government are going to screw me over royally next year so that I won’t be able to buy anything I do want, like jewellery or furniture or other useful things. So thanks for nothing government, you’ve made me poorer yet again.

As if anyone wants to work beyond 65!

Well, maybe there are some people in really fulfilling jobs who’d love to stay on, but they’re the sort of people who wouldn’t be terminated anyway. For most of us retirement age is a long-awaited occasion when we finally get money off the government and can pursue other hobbies like gardening, staying up all night, installing hand rails throughout our homes and becoming cantankerous. I for one would vote for the retirement age to be lowered to 21. The government could fund it through adsense – I’d even help them to build the website. Forcing the elderly to work when they should be out getting divorced and finding toyboys is tantamount to abuse, so please support forced retirement for the good of the nation.