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Re: The government owes us special treatment!

Thread Starter: Admin   Started: 09-23-2008 1:22 AM   Replies: 3
  23 Sep 2008, 1:22 AM
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The government owes us special treatment!
I don't know about you but the more taxes I've sent the Chancellor's way the more I've felt I'd like to get something back at the end of it. After all, our taxes are dishing out special treatment to all number of deserving people - so how about boosting pensions? Or something back to help with heating? Or have we just been taken advantage of?

It's about time society and the government realise they're sitting on a vast national asset of knowledge acquired by older people and doing nothing with it. Come on Gordon Brown, keep us sweet ahead of an election.

What do you think? Feeling a bit ignored? Well speak up!

  
  27 Sep 2008, 12:04 PM
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Re: The government owes us special treatment!
Ah ha! Just worked out how to post a reply. Sorry its not obvious to a technophobe like me. The Government does owe us special treatment because we've paid our taxes all our lives. The problem is how do they pay for it. I hear that the liability associated with public sector final salary schemes is nearly a £1tn - that 1,000,000 million pounds. And I also hear that almost 8m people do not currently contribute to a pension scheme - probably more given the recent turmoil in the stock market - so who pays for them in retirement? We do.
  
  29 Sep 2008, 3:54 PM
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Re: The government owes us special treatment!

Great to hear from you JamesD. Sounds like you might have liked to work in the public sector! For those of our readers who worked in the NHS, I presume that means they are better off then some. Though obviously not rolling in it like a senior civil servant! JamesD do you favour a two tier system for pensions? Tier 1: good returns for those who've paid. Tier 2: you get 'owt for nowt..?    




  
  01 Aug 2009, 12:14 AM
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Re: The government owes us special treatment!

Hi every one

I'm new to this I do agree that the government owes us something but how to get Gorden to see this one of the ways i felt is for the government to help people like us who want to work to get the job that we deserved and not leaving us going around in circle try to find work or tring  to claimed benefit it should be set up ready for retiree who want to continued to work with some insencitive


  
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