Playing devil's advocate here Norm, yes these people paid in all their lives but iut was this generation that spent the money like there was no tomorrow through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, now us youngsters are left footing the bill for the hole in the public coffers and the same people that spent it all are now asking for more to fund the care homes.
So do we plough more money into their care homes which will encourage our generation to expect endless handouts off the state? Should we take the money from the schools? The police? The NHS to fund this?
We can't keep pulling money out of our arses for ever, everyone's complaining, the young, the old, the middle aged, we're all feeling the squeeze on public spending - it's one big s**t sandwich and we all have to take a bite
... to plug the hole this generation created for us