tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483796.post1985741595416854610..comments2024-02-08T14:19:14.573+00:00Comments on 20plus30 Marketing to older consumers: I.O.U.S.A - a larger version of I.O.U.KUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483796.post-4155126447694545442008-08-26T15:56:00.000+00:002008-08-26T15:56:00.000+00:00We shouldn't refer to Social Security, Medicare, e...We shouldn't refer to Social Security, Medicare, etc. as "entitlements." They're not something somebody is "entitled" to, but rather, something rightfully earned.<BR/><BR/>See <A HREF="http://www.aafr.org/2008/08/26/please-dont-call-them-entitlements/" REL="nofollow">Please don't call them entitlements</A> on the <A HREF="http://www.aafr.org/future-retiree" REL="nofollow">Future Retiree</A> blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483796.post-44981061273987795792008-08-26T07:35:00.000+00:002008-08-26T07:35:00.000+00:00Eamon,Thanks for including me in the spotlightidea...Eamon,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for including me in the spotlightideas.co.uk list of top advertising, marketing, media and PR blogs. Much appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Being in the top 100 is much better than my lowly 376th place in the Adage list http://adage.com/power150/<BR/>---------------------------------<BR/>Chuck,<BR/><BR/>Hopefully it was clear that I don’t blame ALL the UK’s ills on the public sector (yet to be defined) but was using it as an example of how single issues, like the budget deficit, are used as a focus for a tirade of personal gripes.<BR/><BR/>The public sector, in the UK, is where Government (both federal and state) spends tax payer’s money on providing ‘services’ (i.e. health care, tax collection, administration, policing, education, defence etc).<BR/><BR/>I think where the UK and the US have a mix-up of terms is where we define private education as where the individual pays and public where the state pays.<BR/><BR/>There is a very serious issue about public employment, more accurately the pensions paid to public sector employees. In the UK the defined pension scheme has nearly disappeared from the private sector (i.e. companies). <BR/><BR/>Company employees have to make their own pension arrangements. In the public sector the state pays the pensions out of current taxation. This is becoming a massive problem. What it means is that people in the wealth creating sector have to work longer, to generate more tax; just to pay for public employs to retire earlier on inflation protected pensions.<BR/><BR/>This is the UK’s I.O.U.K issue. At some stage it will have to be sorted. There is no secret about the enormity of the problem, politicians just refuse to do anything about it. Like most problems they tend to get worse the longer you leave them. <BR/><BR/>Hope that clarifies the private/public thing.DickStroudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135093633970667912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483796.post-13592833293430629732008-08-25T23:32:00.000+00:002008-08-25T23:32:00.000+00:00You might unpack that last comment of yours for th...You might unpack that last comment of yours for the folks on this side of the pond:<BR/><BR/>“it’s all the fault of the bloated, incredibly expensive and diabolically incompetent public sector”<BR/><BR/>Public schools, private schools. Is the 'public sector' what we call the 'private sector' - or not?<BR/><BR/>It gets confusing sometimes talking to you Brits ...Chuck Nyrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539862537795531614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483796.post-69912712064852032372008-08-25T21:12:00.000+00:002008-08-25T21:12:00.000+00:00Hello. Just to let you know, added you to spotligh...Hello. Just to let you know, added you to spotlightideas.co.uk 's Top 100 PLUS Advertising, Marketing, Media & PR Blog list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com