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Old 30-07-2024, 22:35   #83
jfman
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Re: Here comes the tax rises

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees View Post
I’d wager more people historically could afford it than present day.

Sorry but if the average person doesn’t think far enough ahead about their financial security and just blindly assumes they’ll be ok, then whose fault is that ?
The average person doesn’t have surface to air missile systems in their garden would they too be deficient if the Russians, or anyone else, landed a cruise missile on their home?

Of course not. It’s not unreasonable to expect the state to level with people suitably far in advance of changes to pensions. It suits them to not because it’d drive up wages as everyone simultaneously “takes responsibility”.
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