When does the "Cost of living crisis end"

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There will always be inflation. The media created this thing called a cost of living crisis.

Recessions have a technical definition, so therefore a technical end.

What is going to be the trigger for society agreeing the cost of living crisis is over?

But what are you basing this on? entitlement isn’t owned by one age group.

we cannot have people not contributing to society yet expecting it all

What does this mean? In the 70s/80s almost 30% of households were in social housing. It’s approx 7% today…

we cannot have people not contributing to society yet expecting it all

which is a lot of pensioners

true

Pensioners can’t work - they’re ageing and many are infirm. The ‘anxious but healthy’ 25 year olds however

Agree
Treating their parents like shit who in return call it ‘low demand’
‘Sensory diets’ of takeaways
Whole thing is a joke

On pensioners - it's ridiculous that pension credit essentially makes up all your missed NI contributions and unlocks even more free money / benefits. No consequences for a lifetime of irresponsibility.

Yes, really irresponsible to be disabled or a carer. So feckless.

What is going to be the trigger for society agreeing the cost of living crisis is over?

The price pf bread in the markets ?

So working for 40 plus years is " not contributing"
DFO!

Why do you think all people on pension credit are disabled?

@RosaNovellanot every pensioner has worked for 40 years, why on earth would you think that?

And even for the ones who have worked it doesn’t mean they have paid in anywhere near enough vs what they take out.

It’s delusional to whinge about the cost of welfare but exclude pensioners from that conversation.

I dont know any pensioner who hasnt!
There wasnt a choice, work or starve
We didnt have all these ridiculous made up ailments either, you just got on with it

Now we are begrudging people a retirement
The worlds gone mad!

Why are people assuming that anyone on pension credit was irresponsible before retirement age?

So who were the 30% living in social housing in the 70s/80s?

Who bought the council houses at a massive discount?

Who received child benefit/family allowance before it was means tested?

work or starve

This is nonsense unless you are going back much further.

Why are people assuming they were all responsible?

You are the one saying that they are all disabled or carers, can you link to some evidence for that?

Ah yes, because of course I must have been suggesting that alternative 🙄

Pointing out ageing demographics and the fact that it costs and that today’s pensioners are taking more out than they paid in isn’t begrudging retirement. It’s a fact and one you can’t ignore when you are moaning about the cost of welfare.

They've not had the same experience of work whilst at school, i.e. paper rounds, Saturday jobs, waitressing in cafes at weekends, etc., that older generations took for granted to get some experience in a workplace and earn some money for working.

Not only buying council houses at massive discount, but also getting MIRAS income tax relief on mortgage interest.

Greater availability of cheap rents on council houses.

I don't know much about economics but I agree OP I hate the phrase and it's constant use. It's not a crisis it's a reality and certainly not the first time costs have risen. When the phrase was first used a few years ago, I think I recall bring advised to turn our homes down by a degree or two to reduce fuel bills. I had a colleague who had survived the war in Eastern Europe in her youth. She laughed and said, everyone has to put an extra layer on and you call that a crisis!! I know she oversimplified but she also made a fair point.

So what if its a fact?
They contributed to society , they didnt spend their lives sat on a bench smoking weed

Not to mention the trend of replacing humans with machines. The large dept store near me recently did this. Its where I hoped my teens could get work, where dh and his siblings all worked. Now it's a row of self service check outs with one person flitting between them all

I didn't. But some are, yet still get tarred with the same brush.

You are the one complaining about the size of the welfare state so facts do matter. I’m not sure why you are confused 🤷🏻‍♀️

Starve or eat though apparently 🙄