"I'm 83, I don't give a sod"; UK pensioner sums up frustration with new COVID curbs

[scammed]

7 minutes ago, polpott said:

The opposite. How little you know. If my NI contributions had been put into a defined benefits pension scheme from day one, I'd be drawing a far bigger pension than I am now.

 

 

pension funds was built on assumption

of growth that never materialized,

the deficit is subsidized by taxes,

its almost universal cross the western hemisphere

[polpott]

1 minute ago, scammed said:

pension funds was built on assumption

of growth that never materialized,

the deficit is subsidized by taxes,

its almost universal cross the western hemisphere

The growth wasn't achieved because the money wasn't invested, it went straight into the treasury pot. You can't get a return on a zero sum. My company pension scheme has grown nicely and I have a cast iron guarantee of my pension plus an annual rise in line with RPI. If the government had performed due dilligence, my state pension would have performed in the same way.

[from the home of CC]

On 10/22/2020 at 8:43 PM, Hamus Yaigh said:

She's not right at all. She's just been used to highlight the failure of of the British authorities to control the ignorant and selfish who expect their freedoms to be uncompromised. It's one reason why Asian countries are overcoming this pandemic more successfully than the West where a massive second wave is now upon them.

'doesn't give a sod' is summing up the general attitude is over there - well, you reap what you sow.. 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/24/2020 at 5:51 PM, scammed said:

or put another way: you are retired so you get your pension

regardless how indebted the state, businesses, and workers get as they feed you your pension.

that matters not to you because you wont pay it off,

that is someone elses problem, things are fine

as long as you get yours

Our pension is a right and most of us worked for them. It's not some gift given to us by generous politicians.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/24/2020 at 8:06 PM, polpott said:

Most people start going downhill at 19. Medical fact.

Irrelevant to hospital admissions. Not many young people require hospital treatment for organ failure.

[steelepulse]

On 10/23/2020 at 5:57 PM, tribalfusion001 said:

They are the rules, but a lot esteemed scientists and virologists post on YouTube. YouTube is also censoring a lot of content that is classed as misinformation which sometimes they are not.

If it doesn't fit the narrative being spun, then youtube indeed calls it misinformation, even if there is scientific data to back it up.  It seems more and more media companies around the world are employing this tactic.

[scammed]

47 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Our pension is a right and most of us worked for them. It's not some gift given to us by generous politicians.

those savings are spent quickly, do you acknowledge

that the money wont last 1000 years, or 100 years, or even 10 years ?

it also isnt only to pay for future, but for past expenses, such as your education,

police, army, hospital, etc etc

Edited October 26, 2020 by scammed

[polpott]

1 hour ago, scammed said:

it also isnt only to pay for future, but for past expenses, such as your education,

police, army, hospital, etc etc

All of those are paid for by general taxation not NI.

[mtls2005]

On 10/22/2020 at 7:52 PM, snoop1130 said:

"I look at it this way - I've not got that many years left in me and I'm not going to be fastened in a house when the government have got it all wrong.

 

 

So Keep Calm and Carry On is no longer a thing?

 

Now it's all about me.

 

 

[JonnyF]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Our pension is a right and most of us worked for them

 

Yes, because there were plenty of jobs available. If we carry on destroying the economy there will be millions of unemployed who won't have the luxury of paying into pension schemes because they won't even have food on the table.

 

It's time to protect the "At Risk" groups and let the young and healthy continue with their lives.

[Chomper Higgot]

On 10/24/2020 at 2:07 PM, scammed said:

pension funds was built on assumption

of growth that never materialized,

the deficit is subsidized by taxes,

its almost universal cross the western hemisphere

With that level of financial understanding it becomes very apparent why you are ‘scammed’.

[polpott]

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Yes, because there were plenty of jobs available. If we carry on destroying the economy there will be millions of unemployed who won't have the luxury of paying into pension schemes because they won't even have food on the table.

 

3.5 million unemployed during the Thatcher years, 1m when she came to power. Unemployment is far from novel.

[JonnyF]

6 minutes ago, polpott said:

3.5 million unemployed during the Thatcher years, 1m when she came to power. Unemployment is far from novel.

 

It could be a lot more than 3.5 million if we keep locking down every time there's a spike. Not to mention the young losing months or years of critical education, people dying of cancer because they're too scared or not allowed to go to hospital, suicides through mental health issues caused by long periods of isolation etc.

 

If people want to hide away from it, that's their prerogative and I wouldn't try to stop them. But if people want to go about their lives like this UK pensioner then they should also be allowed to, provided they take responsible precautions to protect others. It's called freedom of choice. Liberty. I'm with Benny Boy on this one.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yes, because there were plenty of jobs available. If we carry on destroying the economy there will be millions of unemployed who won't have the luxury of paying into pension schemes because they won't even have food on the table.

 

It's time to protect the "At Risk" groups and let the young and healthy continue with their lives.

While I agree with your last sentence, in NZ there are hundreds if not thousands of jobs that need local workers because the overseas workers that used to do them are not allowed in. They might not be the best jobs, but if people came from overseas to do them, seems strange that NZ workers won't, now. Actually not strange, but that's a different subject.