George Osborne MUST now U-Turn 'Granny Tax'!

MonkeyMad

teajug wrote: »

The poster was well known on Age Concern forum that is now defunct she was always preaching to pensioners how good she was with money and how they managed and could not understand why all pensions were not like her and disabled hubby as they were managing so well on their state pensions.

Perhaps she is good with money, I don't know. My mother lives solely on the State Pension, and has never suggested to me that she makes choices between eating and heating (gotta love that phrase). This is despite being willing to allow me to pay for things for her from time to time, (she is not too proud to accept help) and she lives a perfectly reasonable life. Anecdotally, therefore, I can understand that posters point of view.

The OPs view is that this cut will effectively cause a dramatic rise in the pensioner death rate since they will no longer be able to afford to live (which on must presume is also anecdotal, unless we are relying on the NARPO quote earlier ie a group not known for having small pensions). Perhaps he is !!!! with money and is translating his situation onto everyone else. I don't know

I DO know the the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data', so I observe the data available and conclude that OAPs are not likely to be starving to death in their hordes and that the original premise is little more than hysterical ranting.

jem16

boozercruiser wrote: »

You sound just like some useless thug in a pub looking for a fight.:eek:

As opposed to standing outside the pub with your sandwich board and the Daily Mail facts - god forbid.

I avoid and ignore people like you. Goodbye. :silenced:

I thought you said Bye-Bye.

I'm tempted to register as a new user and quote everybody's posts here that you have on ignore. However I really can't be bothered wasting any more time on you.

For everyone else please stop replying to this person and let the thread die.

MonkeyMad

boozercruiser wrote: »

You sound just like some useless thug in a pub looking for a fight.:eek:

I avoid and ignore people like you. Goodbye. :silenced:

Have you thought of re-calibrating such that people might actually be glad you are ignoring them?

boozercruiser

RichandJ wrote: »

Indeed. Expect pensioner re-education camps shortly under the OP's brave new world.

Or the even more radical Brechtian solution of changing the people entirely.

I know I'm giving this tiresome gibberish more page 1 time by posting, but I come on here to try & help people with my specialised knowledge if at all possible & these threads are just noise. All heat, no light.

"I work in final salary pensions admin".

I expect most of your clients are working for Government, Councils and the likes in the public sector are they? no doubt with nice big fat final salary schemes paid for by Pensioners like me who pay full council tax?

Around 25% of council tax for instance is just to support final salary pension schemes for council employees. I have freedom of information requests which prove this.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/the_salary_range_of_all_employee#comment-11455

Perhaps these are some of the people who will not have to worry too much about paying a few extra pounds in tax on retirement?

I expect a vested interest rant back now, and if you do may I ask your age then?:cool:

teajug

jem16 wrote: »

Teajug - I haven't always agreed with everything margaretclare has said but it seems that both she and her husband have worked hard over the years and are entitled to the pensions, both state and private, that they receive. If they now need a a little bit of extra help and Attendance Allowance is what will do it then why should they not apply for it.

I am so thrilled that you approved that has made my evening; I would have been so worried if you were UPSET. not:rotfl::rotfl:....

Just to let you know that lots of single pensioners work hard and still working hard to survive and we do not want a supercilious poster like margaretclare telling us how to spend our pensions and to be more frugal with the pittance we get.
BTW you do not know what my health is like and I have no intention of telling everyone on an open forum what it is to get sympathy like another poster that we all know of on here. :T:T

RichandJ

boozercruiser wrote: »

"I work in Final Salary Pensions Admin".

I expect most of your clients are working for Government, Councils and the likes in the public sector are they? Know doubt with nice Big Fat Final Salary Schemes paid for by Pensioners like me?

(Around 25% of Council Tax for instance is just to support Final Salary Pension Schemes for Council employees).

Perhaps these are some of the people who will not have to worry too much about paying a few extra pounds in tax on retirement?

I expect a vested interest rant back now, and if you do may I ask your age then?:cool:

Wrong again, you're getting tiresome now. I work, for what it's worth, in a private sector third party administration environment (google it, because I no longer have the patience to pander to your ignorance) catering to private sector pension trustees.

My age is irrelevant, I know what I'm talking about, you don't, and to be frank, you're simply spouting either tabloid or Labour party tripe.

And, by the way, it's "no doubt", not "know doubt", that plus random capitalisation of words that do not require same suggests tabloid of the red top kind.

If you want to come on here and insult people, be aware that they are quite capable of replying in kind, just with better spelling.

jem16

teajug wrote: »

I am so thrilled that you approved that has made my evening; I would have been so worried if you were UPSET. not:rotfl::rotfl:....

Hit a nerve, have I?

Why delete your posts if you are so sure of your opinion?

Anyway - ignored my own advice so last post on this thread.

MonkeyMad

As an aside if you want to get an insight into the mind-set at work here check out the thread on combi-boilers and how crap they are (if you buy one that doesn't do what you want it to do that is)

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3786233

funnyguy

He-he..I feel sorry for his wife[if possible]/family/work collegues/neighbours..if he has any..[I wont bother to say friends]

atush

boozercruiser wrote: »

You sound just like some useless thug in a pub looking for a fight.:eek:

I avoid and ignore people like you. Goodbye. :silenced:

That is just great. One lazy couldn't be bothered pensioner slagging off one hard working (still working ) pensioner who not only paid a full NI stamp when she was told married women didn't need to but has worked past pension age.

You are really a numpty. You should be ashamed of yourself.