RE: How the pension mess came into being29 Aug 2019 00:36
NPV
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If the pensioner lives 67 to 100, the liability is the Net Present Value of
Year 1, £20k
Year 2, £20k x (1 + CPI), or RPI
Year 3, £20k x (1 + CPI)^2
......
Year 33, £20k x (1 + CPI)^99
Say, £1million.
Now, if you think like a Phillip Green, or any asset stripping barsteward, you will see that The Opportunity Cost of Plan B is so much less.
Plan A, Fully provide for the long term liability, £1m.
Plan B, Murder the pensioner in year three, if he/she doesn't see sense and die.
Year 1, £20k
Year 2, £20k x (1 + CPI), or RPI
Year 3, Pay G4S, Pension Termination Division, £10k to kill the pensioner.
NPV ~= £50k.
Yes, G4S will just hire illegal migrants, and pay them £100 per pensioner, then charge them £80 for food and rent. Rent them the gun for £9, and sell them the bullets for £1 each. That way, they won't waste the bullets, and use knives instead.
I have just solved the BT pension deficit.
If Boris Johnson is listening, the State Pension Crisis as well.
Nobel Prize, please.