Better off on benefits

princessdon

tescovaluecrisps wrote: »

:jpensioners deserve it

so pensioners who never worked a day in their life deserve the same as someone who got up at 5am and worked and provided for their family for their entire working life?

tescovaluecrisps

k12479 wrote: »

What if those health problems are self-inflicted through smoking, obesity, drug abuse, etc?

They would still be suffering though wouldn't they and unable to work? There are people who are suffering extremely with cancer from smoking and probably have no quailty of life and are in extreme pain. People make mistakes:sad:

tescovaluecrisps

princessdon wrote: »

so pensioners who never worked a day in their life deserve the same as someone who got up at 5am and worked and provided for their family for their entire working life?

No people who have never worked for SELFISH reasons don't deserve a thing. But If you havent payed in you get hardly anything anyway!

annie1975_2

princessdon wrote: »

so pensioners who never worked a day in their life deserve the same as someone who got up at 5am and worked and provided for their family for their entire working life?

And when pensioners do work all their life,and maybe get a private pension they are penalised for it,by having to pay for all the things like dental,and rent and council tax,then they end up worse off.My neighbours are no better off for this.

annie1975_2

tescovaluecrisps wrote: »

No people who have never worked for SELFISH reasons don't deserve a thing. But If you havent payed in you get hardly anything anyway!

If you have never worked and you come to draw an old age pension,how much do you actually get?

tescovaluecrisps

annie1975 wrote: »

And when pensioners do work all their life,and maybe get a private pension they are penalised for it,by having to pay for all the things like dental,and rent and council tax,then they end up worse off.My neighbours are no better off for this.

I agree that this is wrong my mum and dad are in the same situation they have always been good hardworking, honset people. they have a private pension and they have been penalised for it. But i did say the pensioners deserve money and can i just remind people I AM NOT DAVID CAMERON

princessdon

tescovaluecrisps wrote: »

No people who have never worked for SELFISH reasons don't deserve a thing. But If you havent payed in you get hardly anything anyway!

With pension credit - I'm pretty sure they get a whole lot more than you think.

The ones penalised are those with small private pensions who take them "above the limit" who without the passported benefits leave them worse off again.

annie1975_2

tescovaluecrisps wrote: »

I agree that this is wrong my mum and dad are in the same situation they have always been good hardworking, honset people. they have a private pension and they have been penalised for it. But i did say the pensioners deserve money and can i just remind people I AM NOT DAVID CAMERON

This is why people dont want to join a pension because they feel it is of no benefit to them...
In my opinion,(and I never thought I would hear myself saying this),David Cameron and his mob are worse than margaret Thatcher was?..Robbing the pensioners and the disabled is bang out of order..they dont know who to take money off next.

tescovaluecrisps

annie1975 wrote: »

If you have never worked and you come to draw an old age pension,how much do you actually get?

A friend of my mum has never worked and she gets a bit less than £50 a week.

tescovaluecrisps

annie1975 wrote: »

This is why people dont want to join a pension because they feel it is of no benefit to them...
In my opinion,(and I never thought I would hear myself saying this),David Cameron and his mob are worse than margaret Thatcher was?..Robbing the pensioners and the disabled is bang out of order..they dont know who to take money off next.

You are completely right the money comes from those most vunerable and it is not on.