RE: Mini Budget26 Sep 2022 13:31
Bunky1981
"""As a member of the workforce whose taxes are paying for the impossible promises made by governments 40 years ago, I'd be furious if they honoured the triple lock. I say that also as an (utterly embarassed and ashamed) Tory voter.
If "most people" only have the state pension to live off, then what were they doing during their working life?"""
Look around and you will see that UK pensions are very poor compared to other countries, and on lots of occasions pensions in the past have not kept up with wage growth, this is why the triple lock was brought in, with regard to your point as to what people were doing all there working life, often companies restricted joining pension schemes till after 1 or 2 years service, automaticity repaid is you left within a few years, some companies only had schemes for certain grades of worker.
""""My heart DOES however bleed for every person in this country, including pensioners. We've all been let down. All been failed for years. But we're decades too late to change it. We're all victims of poor leadership. I just don't like this divisive narrative that infers one generation is doing okay while the other freezes. As Cameron said "we're all in this together". Not sure he realised at it.
In the immortal words of Liam Byrne in 2010 note to his successor "Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck!"""
I believe this was left as a joke the has been under for the last 12 years, I heard a conservative MP stay about the debt that Labour left. Labour prior to 2008 had ND @approx 33% of GDP, in 2008 to bail out the banks, this went up to approx 50%of GDP. Under the Cameron government it rose to 80% of GDP, under the guise of reducing the deficit... The actions of the labour government of 2008 where repeated in 2020 for Covid, and in 2022 fr the cost of living crisis, on all 'three' occasions quite rightly. AS with GGP I do like correct information so if you think I am wrong DYOR, but please do not repeat things that are in essence incorrect..
https://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/debt_brief.php