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Originally Posted by Escapee

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