Capitalism For All Ages - There Is No Escape

I work for charities in a number of different roles. One of my jobs involves seeing elderly people in their own homes, and we get talking as you might imagine. The clients like me because I am cheerful and one of them even told me recently I've become a part of the family. Things like that are precious to me and can never be bought. Human interaction at its best is just wonderful. Under this vicious government we are all suffering cuts in jobs, services and benefits. These cuts affect everyone across the board, from school leavers unable to secure their first jobs to the elderly doing their best to manage on a small state pension. The cuts have made us all pull in our belts until we cannot pull any tighter. One thing I have noticed through this particular job is how vulnerable the elderly are to trickery and exploitation. One client is bombarded with junk mail asking for money, and this lovely old lady sends cheques to everyone who asks. Her kind and generous nature has led to a great diminution of her savings but of course these faceless companies would neither know nor care about that. What these companies do is not illegal - she doesn't have to send them money if she doesn't want to. But when there is the promise of a large prize it is very tempting to keep sending them one more cheque; after all this might be the one to make her dreams come true. When elderly people are living on their own with no family to protect their interests these vulture-like companies take the opportunity to swoop. The junk mail comes from different places, usually some out of town trading estate, on different coloured paper, in different fonts and showing different signatures at the bottom. But it's strange how once a client gets roped into entering a prize draw for one organisation, they find themselves inundated with similar requests from others. It's almost as if they're all coming from the same person;) I've gone off script a bit here but I just feel so angry and saddened when I see people being tricked at a time in their lives when they are least able to understand what they are getting into. Capitalism is behind this. Making money is all that matters and to hell with any notion of decency and morals.