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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?
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.
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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I have been lucky and have never been out of work, i have never had tax credits, housing benefit, dole, working tax credits. In fact i don't think i have had any benefits in my time as a working member of society. So i think its time i had something back.