05-03-2020, 11:19 AM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Old people here so often whinge about the State Age Related Benefit (SARB) which apart from retaining the name is NOT a pension and complain about how in other countries the SARB is so much higher.BUT what gets overlooked is that here the SARB is bolstered with a number of other albeit means tested benefits they can get. In some other cases, most noticeably France, it is completely unaffordable and changes are being opposed by so many of the population. Greece is another case of unaffordability and were it not for the European Commission bribes via the ECB it would also be Iman even worse position than it is.
The UK provision for people who have reached SARB age are actually very good and the sooner the SARB is means tested or better yet allowed to wither on the vine and be replaced by the package of Benefits that exist the better. For one thing it will allow better focus on the people who need it most.
05-03-2020, 11:39 AM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The UK provision for people who have reached SARB age are actually very good and the sooner the SARB is means tested or better yet allowed to wither on the vine and be replaced by the package of Benefits that exist the better. For one thing it will allow better focus on the people who need it most.
05-03-2020, 12:27 PM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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That might be good in your opinion, Dodger. It is absolute rubbish in mine!
05-03-2020, 12:32 PM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The UK provision for people who have reached SARB age are actually very good and the sooner the SARB is means tested or better yet allowed to wither on the vine and be replaced by the package of Benefits that exist the better. For one thing it will allow better focus on the people who need it most.
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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That might be good in your opinion, Dodger. It is absolute rubbish in mine!
05-03-2020, 12:48 PM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Why? A person who has reached SARB age with no other income and no assets gets a very good and adequate package of Benefits in the UK.
If the answer to any of these questions is "NO" then your opinion should, and will, IMC, be ignored .....
05-03-2020, 01:05 PM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by Omah
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Have you reached SARB age? Have you no other income? Have you no assets?If the answer to any of these questions is "NO" then your opinion should, and will, IMC, be ignored .....
Sorted.
05-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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Re: State Pension Increase.
Originally Posted by Lindyloo
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Speak for yourself! It's going to take a long time before that 3.9% will negate the 3 years 9 months delay inflicted on the start of my pension! Perhaps the increase should have gone only to WASPI's!
After almost 50 years of paying into the system and never getting anything back in return, I deserve to get my pension.
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