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Originally Posted by papa smurf
to get the full state pension you have to pay taxes for 35 years ie work,yet to get benefits you just have to sit on your arse all day,that's what upsets pensioners who have grafted all their lives.
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The taxes that - in most years - didn’t make up the sum of public expenditure because we are usually in deficit and have accumulated almost £3 trn of debt.
Many people get the full state pension without working 35 years. Voluntary contributions, years of childcare, years caring for elderly relatives and benefit claimants themselves among others.