Pardon me for causing the moderator's to jump in. My apologies for the previous (moderated) comments.
But when I talk of our pensioners' being financially well off, I simply meant that pensioners in general seem to be enjoying a reasonably comfortable means of living nowadays -- especially when you compare it with how rough the general pensioner population had it in years gone by. I'm not saying that all pensioners are financially loaded by any means. I'm realistic enough to appreciate that some older folk don't even have the means to scrape two pennies together - let alone live a life of Riley. But, all in all, British pensioners, and rightly so, are these days now able to enjoy a reasonably healthy lifestyle.
I'm basing this upon the fact that my old lady, already a pensioner, living on her own, and in receipt of state welfare, would be the first to admit that she is now more financially secure than she's ever been. Admittedly, she does now qualify for rent-free accommodation, but there is no way she can eat £166.00's-worth of groceries ever week. Basically, the monies left over is hers to do as she wish.
So I reckon that when, or indeed, if I should be lucky enough to reach pensionable age, then yes - I reckon it should be possible for everyone to live just as comfortable as our present-day pensioners. I guess it all depends on what we define as our minimum needs... or greeds. Some folk need absolute wads of £££ just to survive each day, whereas some don't.
And probably much healthier all round if we all all started thanking our government and their - albeit quirky - welfare system and at least be grateful for small mercies, rather than stirring up agro and complaining about a measly few thousand expatriates who are just as much entitled to their WFPs as anyone else anyway.