Where does such a huge figure come from? Do you know when we PAID countless billions to Caribbean countries? I can not find any record of this online or are you spinning a web?Especially when we stump up £2 trillion to Hamas, sorry Palestine. Then countless billions to Caribbean countries in reparations oh don’t forget leasing our own territories back to ourselves.
I'm off to see my NHS consultant this afternoon for my routine 3 monthly check up. The medics have been terrific as far as I'm concerned and I'm still here despite being diagnosed with an incurable illness in 2011.
I used to work in the private medical insurance sector and thought private treatment was best by far. I can no longer afford the extortionate cost of medical insurance and now have no need for it thanks to the magnificent work done by the NHS.
Where did I say we HAD paid billions? Read what the Caribbean Reparations Committee want and will fight for. The Palestine figure has been touted about , perhaps you are not looking in the right places!Where does such a huge figure come from? Do you know when we PAID countless billions to Caribbean countries? I can not find any record of this online or are you spinning a web?
You clearly state that we have stumped up meaning paid.Where did I say we HAD paid billions? Read what the Caribbean Reparations Committee want and will fight for. The Palestine figure has been touted about , perhaps you are not looking in the right places!
Nope I clearly said “ WHEN we stump up” meaning whenYou clearly state that we have stumped up meaning paid.
Good, neither will happen, don't scream until you are hit.Nope I clearly said “ WHEN we stump up” meaning when
Apology accepted 😏. Not screaming just making sure you don’t misinterpret what I actually writeGood, neither will happen, don't scream until you are hit.
Let's get something clear here. Although pensioners don't pay National Insurance, they still pay income tax, so they are not on some sort of free-ride. Last month I paid £370 out of my pension on income tax, and for 40 years paid NI every month.So did I.
But whatever money they took from us for the NHS has long gone. It's ridiculous to say that people who use a system should not pay something at the least.
As I said previously the section of the population that no longer works and pays taxes has been growing rapidly, something has to give.
Paid NI for 39 years but had to buy another 7 years contribution to top up OAP as I paid in the wrong years.Let's get something clear here. Although pensioners don't pay National Insurance, they still pay income tax, so they are not on some sort of free-ride. Last month I paid £370 out of my pension on income tax, and for 40 years paid NI every month.
Were you in the Civil Service? I worked for 44 years and still had to pay extra years to get full pension due to an anomaly. Serious question “ if you paid extra years why are you not getting full whack?”Paid NI for 39 years but had to buy another 7 years contribution to top up OAP as I paid in the wrong years.
My Mrs didn’t have to top up, paid far less than me annually in NI and still gets a larger OAP than me. Don’t tell me I have paid my whack !
Paid NI for 39 years but had to buy another 7 years contribution to top up OAP as I paid in the wrong years.
My Mrs didn’t have to top up, paid far less than me annually in NI and still gets a larger OAP than me.
There was a period when folk could upt out of SERPS,I cannot explain the intricases, we need an expert , pensions has always been a minefield!you pay in what you pay in. I cannot understand how its 'the wrong years'. Were you alive & employed at the time ? then surely its the correct years ?
Pension Scheme changed in 2016. I retired early in 2014 but didn’t get to OAP age until 2023.you pay in what you pay in. I cannot understand how its 'the wrong years'. Were you alive & employed at the time ? then surely its the correct years ?
I'm also a pensioner and pay tax. I don't like it any more than you but if the NHS is to survive with an ageing population it is inevitable that we will all have to pay something. Across Europe most countries have an insurance scheme.Let's get something clear here. Although pensioners don't pay National Insurance, they still pay income tax, so they are not on some sort of free-ride. Last month I paid £370 out of my pension on income tax, and for 40 years paid NI every month.
It’ll soon be compulsory, don’t worry.In case you missed it:
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