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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
So none of this client group will have received tax credits, disability allowances, child benefit, or whatever else at some point during their lives?
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I don't know. Do you?
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
There seems to be this bizarre view that current and imminent retirees received nothing from 'the system' and purely contributed, drawing from the system apparently being something that only 'the young' do.
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Where does this 'bizarre view' come from? It's not been mentioned here.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
That's demonstrably not the case. They received a number of unique benefits from 'the system' during their lifetime, some of which are simply not available now, some of which are being paid for by current taxpayers who aren't going to get them themselves.
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But that is a repeating circumstance. Who knows what special deal will be available to you in your retirement? No doubt you're currently receiving a benefit that a pensioner does not qualify for.