Quote Originally Posted by Alfonso Perez View Post
What about those people who have worked hard, paid their fair share of taxes & led prudent lives in order to build up a decent level of assets for a comfortable retirement & something to pass onto their children?
I would imagine the majority of people fit into that category. I don't understand why I (current/future) taxpayer should pay for somebodies care solely so their 50+ year old children can receive a wacking big inheritance. If the taxes they had paid held any relevance in this discussion then we wouldn't be having to talk about it in the first place.

Before you look at the murky side of all of this (the discussion about insurance products etc) it resembles a sustainable policy, but unfortunately a lot of British people of a certain age don't want a sustainable solution that won't burden future generations, they want their cake and then they want to give it to their 'kids' so they can eat it too.