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Originally Posted by Graham Jones
I think Labour should do more about pensions and means testing is not the ideal solution, however there are more pensioners than workers can pay for. But to pay for the ideal means taxes up and you make a big point against that. Running the govt isnt easy with so many expectations.
Its obvious that Labour recognises the problem but can't afford the ideal solution and you end up with means testing and allowances which old folk don't particularly like. All theses extras paid for by stealth taxes, as is the NHS funding. Its a catch 22.
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Funny, isn't it, how Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and even our European partners all seem to be able to manage to pay decent, if not in some cases generous, pensions without having to risk bankrupting the country or resorting to means testing. Could government difficulty with the state pension not have more to do with the half arsed way it is set up and their inability or unwillingness to change it?
I always thought that politics was supposed to be 'the art of the possible' not the art of making excuses and wriggling out of your responsibilities.