Friday, November 14, 2008

UNISONTV - Lobby over State Pension 22 October

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't like bailing out "city slickers" annymore than I like bailing out people who failed to make adequate provision for their old age. You have up to 45 years to plan for your retirement, and if you think that reliance on the State is the answer then don't be surprised that you hav'nt got much to fall back on? Why exactly do i have to pay for you? Be great to pay all pensioners a million quid but unfortuantly its not going to happen. You get out what you put in...little in ..little out. Also the bailing out of bankers...get your facts right...the Government is borrowing billions to give to the banks and this is money we are all going to have to pay back..including the pensioners. Refernces to Thatcher are also lame..she left office in 1989..twenty years ago? What was Labours contribution to pensions under Brown..he caused dividends on stocks held by pensions to be taxed reducing the value of everyones pension plans....oh except of course for MP's... Shameful

John Gray said...

Hi Anon
Apologies for the delay in replying. But how can you equate these city slickers (or rather I think thieves) with the millions of very low paid pensioners who were not offered or simply could not afford decent pension schemes.

Please get real – the incomes of these people are so low that the private sector does not give a damn about these people. There is no alternative to the state taking a lead in this sector.