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Originally Posted by Damien
Not really a bribe as such however. That's your own money.
Education, NHS, roads, police etc. Most of us will receive more from the Government than we paid in. Especially if we live long enough to receive a few years of the state pension. Pensions in fact account for more than out of work or disability benefits as does education and the NHS. It's just that everyone expects, rightly, to have a decent state pension, healthcare and education so it's less popular to view those as Government handouts and instead we call them entitlements that we've paid for (even though most of us haven't).
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Not true in all cases, since leaving school at 16 I have not received any free education, have not been in hospital, I pay road tax on more than one vehicle, my council tax funds the police and I have had a private pension since the age of 20, and I'm paying in the maximum amount I can. I don't consider myself to be that well paid, but I have spent the last 15 years either close to or in the 40% tax bracket, my earnings over my 32 year working life has exceeded £600k so the tax I have paid must be approaching £200k, so it will be more than a few years of pension before I have taken out more than I have put in
