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Old 26-10-2010, 13:22   #16
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Re: A non means tested flat rate pension for all?

exactly my point, people see them as different yet they both state provided benefits.

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
Maybe it's because the pensioners actually worked all their lives to obtain that benefit rather than sitting on their fat backsides waiting for the next sprog / money machine to be dropped, with no intention of ever getting a job and contibuting to the society that they expect to bankroll them.
2 corrections.

people who have never worked get a pension.

some benefits require a work history aka NI contributions including incapacity benefit.
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