Help towards energy rise for ALL

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matelodave said:

The stupidity of the system, apart from cliff-edge benefit limits is that we all pay towards some of the hand backs even those who get the hand back. Perhaps if the prices were a bit more equitable without all the extra levies then we'd all pay a bit less

The people who come out worse in all of this are those on the lower salary scales who end up paying all their costs NI, tax, travel, glasses, dentist, prescriptions, rent rates - the lot compare to those who are just under the threshold and get the lot. It also strikes me that those who've never contributed are those who whinge the most

IMO if you pay for a benefit through you NI, Tax or even to an insurance company then why should you be denied it because someone who hasn't thinks they deserve more. To take the point, a millionare has probably paid tens of thousands into the system whereas someone on  benefits or minimum wage may not have paid anything. Why should the millionaire be denied what he's entitled to which is, in most cased significantly less than those who've never contributed. He wont get a lot of any of the other benefits that are available to those who've paid less or nothing
 
In fact why shouldn't the millionaire get a lot more because he's paid a lot more into the system, coz thats really what should happen in a fair world.

The sad fact is that the number of poor voters outnumber the wealthier voters.