Remind me why I pay taxes again

[fatpies]

So soon there is no JSA should I lose my job I have to work for it.

I'll defo not get any state pension.

The police don't work for my safety and interests.


Now NHS tptb want to make it pay for use.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/an-nhs-free-at-the-point-of-use-could-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-past-officials-warn-8876505.html

Remind me why I pay taxes again, oh wait because they'll torture me if I don't!
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[Rigga]

To get your bins emptied! That's about it and then you have to do half the work for em by putting it in correct bins! Bastards!
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[Knightsy]

According to Lord Digby Jones in a speech he gave yesterday:
"By paying taxes, you're providing the right for every child in Britain to have compulsory, free education".https://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/think_of_the_children.jpg
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[Rogerborg]

What is it, something like 40% of workers are employed by the State? I believe it's now over 50% in Soviet Scotland. Then they retire at 55 and enjoy their index linked final salary pensions.

Anyway, I think I see a solution to the NHS funding gap.

[oldpink]

why do you pay tax ??
well how else are the MP's going to get paid and heaven forbid theres no money for there expenses
think about the ducks, they will get cold in the winter
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[Suntan Sid]

[fatpies]

[supZ]

[Rogerborg]

[Suntan Sid]

[smegballs]

IMO, MP expenses or whatevs are but a drop in the ocean compared to pension liabilities. MP expenses may cost millions, but pension liabilities (the single biggest expense in the welfare bill) are crippling in terms of tens of billions of drain on the public purse.

[Derivative]

The NHS is probably the only thing I'd give a toss about.

JSA: well, it's irrelevant compared to what you could provide yourself on anything other than NMW.

State Pension: pretty much same deal, though slightly better.

Police: only matters if you're rich or involved in serious violent crime. If you're rich then wouldn't have really needed a public police force anyway.

JSA particularly strikes me as something which we could just totally ignore, leave in the budget forever, and not really sweat it.

I earn about as much return on my savings in early-20's (no inheritance) than my JSA pals get on the dole. By my 30s it'll dwarf it. Total irrelevance to anyone but the underclass IMO.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Robby]

The civil service final salary scheme has been killed off, both for new and existing members. It's now a career average based salary, with far higher contributions.

Still a very good pension, but a lot worse than it was a couple of years ago.

[swampy]

[Robby]

Nope, the only ones I can think of that ever got out that early could be some emergency services and military types.

When I joined it was tempting to do my 40 years and get out at 58 (with a reduced pension for early retirement). That is now highly unlikely.

[J4mes]

[Rogerborg]

[daemonoid]

[Pigeon]

We are like Japan in many ways....the sucky bits that is.

Inflated asset prices, ageing population, mahooosive pension liability and a slowdown in creating little people who go on to prop the ponzi.

Currency debasement and erosion of pension value will continue, death by a thousand cuts.

Don't bother, spend it now at todays value, why pay for someone else to have lovely un-inflated goods now when no one will be paying for yours down the line at a much higher price.

[daemonoid]