In Reply to: re: christmas bonus, not such a bad decision? posted by Jackobite on April 08, 2009 at 21:30:33:

Hang on there Jack, just because people 'existed' during the banana republic times should not automatically entitle them to a Christmas bonus, I grew up in the 70's & 80's so should I now be 'entitled' to a Christmas bonus too for having to put up with things then that weren't as good as now, I'm sorry but that's a crock of an argument.

Yes I have a lot to learn, but not from the generation who are now on the pension who allowed such a greedy world to develop around me, people who elected gombeen governments year after year after year. Thanks lads, you left me and my generation a great legacy and now we'll spend the rest of our lives paying for your generations mismanagement of banks & governments whilst also supporting you in your dotage with unsustainable pensions carved out of our taxes. Whatabout the society you've given us, corruption and isolationism is rife, we'd love to help out our elderly neighbours but by the time we've finished working overtime to pay the bills and taxes we've no energy or time left to see our own kids, never mind anyone else . . . thanks for that too.

'things were not so good as you have enjoyed to date' . . . you assume to much, you know nothing of my circumstances, suffice to say I'm not wealthy and will be even less so with the taxes I have to pay over the forthcoming years.