On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:32:03 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 4f2c0467.141281750@localhost,
Cynic wrote:
I see two perfectly reasonable solutions. The first is as I mentioned
- friends and relatives who do not work step in and help. The second
is for you to take out insurance to cover the possibility that you
will have to give up work due to your own or someone else's
disability.

Surely that's what NI does? And without a private company making a profit?

That is indeed what it is *supposed* to do. Unfortunately the NI pot
is too tempting for governments to dip into - as are all other
supposedly special-purpose taxes such as road tax etc.

--
Cynic