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Originally Posted by jfman
It’s a conscious choice to design it as a pyramid scheme - obviously by the generation that seen the greatest benefit.
The base isn’t getting larger - the population and number of net contributors isn’t rising in line with the number extracting money from the system as people live for longer and claim far more in pensions than they claim to have “paid in”.
Until they want to solve this structural problem we will continue to paper over the cracks.
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It's not all about people claiming the state pension, and it's not all about people in care homes.
The 'structural problem' as to income isn't something that can be messed with much, however where the money goes to is a different matter. I could post a number of examples where money is 'thrown' at to appease the sensitive among us, but no doubt I'd be met by a wall of flame by those who want money for their cause at the expense of the public good
