Reduce SP age

dasherman

Are you referring to this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/financial-planning/should-i-take-my-state-pension-early-under-new-proposals-you-cou/

PensionTech

Instead, a better plan is to redirect healthcare funding from women-specific conditions to male-specific or more common in men ones to try to equalise life expectancy. That takes care of both the state pension and dying sooner discrininatory outcome issues.

Logan's Run: NHS Edition

Malthusian

jamesd wrote: »

Instead, a better plan is to redirect healthcare funding from women-specific conditions to male-specific or more common in men ones to try to equalise life expectancy.

Legalising all drugs and thereby massively reducing the number of young men who die in gang-related violence would be a much quicker and more politically palatable solution.

Silvertabby

Are you referring to this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pensions-retirement/financial-planning/should-i-take-my-state-pension-early-under-new-proposals-you-cou/
Posted by Dasherman

I think this has already been binned, as only those with other pensions/income - which would take them out of the means test limit - would be able to take advantage of it. Otherwise, someone with nothing but the State pension might take the reduced State pension at 55, then demand means tested benefits to take them back up to the full £155 per week at State pension age.

Cue screams of 'one law for the rich, one for the poor'.

atush

Malthusian wrote: »

Legalising all drugs and thereby massively reducing the number of young men who die in gang-related violence would be a much quicker and more politically palatable solution.

The taxes provided can boost the NHS coffers

chiefie

Silvertabby wrote: »

I think this has already been binned, as only those with other pensions/income - which would take them out of the means test limit - would be able to take advantage of it. Otherwise, someone with nothing but the State pension might take the reduced State pension at 55, then demand means tested benefits to take them back up to the full £155 per week at State pension age.

Cue screams of 'one law for the rich, one for the poor'.

Didn't they sort of have this before where people could go into 'early' drawdown if they had a guaranteed income of £20,000 ?

bigadaj

PensionTech wrote: »

Logan's Run: NHS Edition

Logan's run would certainly solve the problem, wasn't the age of termination 35?

[Deleted User]

kidmugsy wrote: »

They should reduce the age for men by a couple of years so that men and women can expect the same number of years of drawing the pension, on average. This should be done in the sacred cause of equality.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately it seems as some are more equal than others ... :eek:

jamesd

PensionTech wrote: »

Logan's Run: NHS Edition

Yes, it is a bit like that, would be nice to see it evened out a bit so the spending goes to the area of greater need.

Malthusian wrote: »

Legalising all drugs and thereby massively reducing the number of young men who die in gang-related violence would be a much quicker and more politically palatable solution.

Wouldn't help directly. The relevant life expectancy is cohort life expectancy at state pension age and there aren't many 65 year old gang members. But as atush pointed out, the tax revenue and savings could do a lot to help.

edinburgher

Or go down the UBI route, we can all retire at 18 (if you can survive on £5k a year)

Glib comment, serious suggestion.