I hear what you're saying Jaxie but why put the blame on TM ? We don't know how our lives are going to pan out when we start married life ( just as well really ) nor did we ever envisage working ourselves into the ground looking after ageing parents then a sick husband, seeing to the children/young adults AND working at the same time as needs dictated ( finances ) It's called LIFE !
I've no intentions of being vicious in any way but I think you'll find that the majority of those who were born in the early '40's are pretty well in the same or similar position as wages and the cost of living was a lot different pre-'90's and if you had a work pension it was commensurate with the salary earned at that time---thus below todays recommended income but just a tad over the threshold of claiming any benefits.
At the time, none of us had any idea that living costs were going to soar as much as they have done and so far as I can see no government has put a cap on rising prices nor have they ever put a stop to the rogue landlords with their rising rents. There are myriads of " bills " which should have been sorted by successive governments---but haven't so you can't blame one particular person for the rank mess that this country is in-----and it is ! All created by GREED !!
The Republic of Ireland and their tensions with migrants.
34 year old assisted euthanasia