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The Consequences of Brexit [part 4]


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I’ve never stopped working since age 14, turns out you can enjoy education while working!

 

The point I am rather rudely highlighting is that pensions are already under pressure and considered at risk. If the economy crashes than pensioners are going to lose out.

 

How? At the moment it is triple locked and if it reduces to a double lock then its hardly going to make a difference. But that is provided this economy crashes to the extent that the remainers think.

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How? At the moment it is triple locked and if it reduces to a double lock then its hardly going to make a difference. But that is provided this economy crashes to the extent that the remainers think.
'Locks' are creations of law, and so fully removable by Parliament.

 

Any economical readjustment just provides the context, it does not dictate the political course of action (with income to No.11 falling, rather than removing locks and trimming pensions, the UK would always be at liberty to borrow more from the magic money tree markets instead...you know, like Greece did for a while).

 

EDIT: actually, just found this on a cursory browse. Triple lock to go a year after Brexit (what a coincidence! :D)

 

Now then, in 2020 will you vote for the Tories -who want to bin them- or for Labour -who promised to keep them-?

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And you seem to now have a problem with people who take time out to study and don’t pay tax every year from 16?

 

For gods sake stop jumping on peoples posts and making them out to be different to what they state. Its not about paying tax but NI contributions and retirement. The majority of pensioners retired now probably like me started work at 15 and have retired at 65 giving 50 years in contributions. If someone starts work for instance at 25 after Uni then they should expect to work the same 50 years before retiring. Retiring at 67-68 is being generous as give the above it should be 75, so they should not complain.

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For gods sake stop jumping on peoples posts and making them out to be different to what they state. Its not about paying tax but NI contributions and retirement. The majority of pensioners retired now probably like me started work at 15 and have retired at 65 giving 50 years in contributions. If someone starts work for instance at 25 after Uni then they should expect to work the same 50 years before retiring. Retiring at 67-68 is being generous as give the above it should be 75, so they should not complain.

 

What if during that time they earned above the upper earnings limit for NI and therefore pay higher contributions than someone who left school at 15 and earned minimum wage?

 

Can they (I) draw my state pension earlier?

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'Locks' are creations of law, and so fully removable by Parliament.

 

That I already know.

 

Any economical readjustment just provides the context, it does not dictate the political course of action (with income to No.11 falling, rather than removing locks and trimming pensions, the UK would always be at liberty to borrow more from the magic money tree markets instead...you know, like Greece did for a while).

 

Another one citing a bad example which is Greece. Thankfully the UK is still very rich and will still be despite the calls from the EU to pay up or else. Mind you, with the problems Merkel is facing Germany may politically collapse soon which will badly effect the EU.

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If someone starts work for instance at 25 after Uni then they should expect to work the same 50 years before retiring.

 

Well that's an exciting new way of defining pension age for this brave new world of removed worker protections!

 

A friend of mine has commenced full-time work at age 40 at the Northern General, having been in increasingly specialist education and training. I'll let her know that she should be expected to work until age 90.

 

We're gonna have far fewer people working in medical specialisms!

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What if during that time they earned above the upper earnings limit for NI and therefore pay higher contributions than someone who left school at 15 and earned minimum wage?

 

Can they (I) draw my state pension earlier?

 

I believe that at the moment it is based on the years contributed and not the amount so until it changes then no.

 

BTW there was no such thing as minimum wage or working time directives back then.

 

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Well that's an exciting new way of defining pension age for this brave new world of removed worker protections!

 

Worker protections has been removed.. when did that happen?

 

A friend of mine has commenced full-time work at age 40 at the Northern General, having been in increasingly specialist education and training. I'll let her know that she should be expected to work until age 90.

 

So it takes 22 years since leaving school to get trained to work?

 

We're gonna have far fewer people working in medical specialisms!

 

If it takes that long to train then I'm not surprised!

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That I already know.
Then why did you asked 'how?', since you already knew it would be through a Commons vote? :confused:

Another one citing a bad example which is Greece.
What's the problem with the example in its context?

 

Are you claiming that Greece did not finance its state pensions from state borrowings? :confused:

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That I already know.

 

 

 

Another one citing a bad example which is Greece. Thankfully the UK is still very rich and will still be despite the calls from the EU to pay up or else. Mind you, with the problems Merkel is facing Germany may politically collapse soon which will badly effect the EU.

 

Right,Merkel must really be looking across at Theresa May and wishing to be in such a strong position as her.:hihi:

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Then why did you asked 'how?', since you already knew it would be through a Commons vote? :confused:

What's the problem with the example in its context?

 

Because having a lock taken off pensions is not really losing out as pensions will not be reduced. Trimming pensions is another deal altogether.

 

Are you claiming that Greece did not finance its state pensions from state borrowings? :confused:

 

No.

 

Are you claiming the UK borrows money to pay pensions?

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