Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
This makes me really see red Meg. The State Pension is not a benefit. It is not something just to be doled out to us, we have paid in for it all our working lives. I will not be classed as being on benefit because I am drawing my o.a.p. I've b****y well earned it like every other pensioner in this country.Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
Many, many years ago Benefits and Pensions were increase either by the rise in inflation or the rise in average earnings, whichever was the greater!!! However, this was seen as being too generous and the country couldn't afford it any more by??? - guess who??? - Margaret Hilda Thatcher (phth,phth,phth) as one of her first acts as Prime Minister. Ever since then a whole generation of Pensioners have 'suffered' by the act of this greedy, insensitive *itch who we discovered only a matter of days ago is receiving £500,000 from the Government treasury!!!Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
Joe, you are blinded with your obsession about Maggie, Yes she did reduce the pensions as a percentage of the weekly average wage but under Blair and Brown it reduced much further, they did not reverse what Maggie did after saying that they would when they treturned to power, instead they allowed the basic weekly wage to rise a lot faster so the percentage of pensions against it dropped even further.Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
Joe, where in my post did I say that I, instead of wanting to level up those on minimum earnings, I want to keep them at that level whilst allowing the upper echelons to continue with their greed and avarice?Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
Joe, where in my post did I say that I, instead of wanting to level up those on minimum earnings, I want to keep them at that level whilst allowing the upper echelons to continue with their greed and avarice?Re: 'Setting benefits by inflation is unfair'
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