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A huge amount of cash from councils goes straight into funding their disgusting defined benefit pension schemes. 28% of council tax bills according to this: h
by branchless 11y ago
A huge amount of cash from councils goes straight into funding their disgusting defined benefit pension schemes.
28% of council tax bills according to this:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2048574/Town-hall-staff-pensions-cost-households-400-council-tax--28-total-bill.html http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2048574/Town...
Perhaps it's time for a boomer pension haircut before making further cuts on services that effect our kids.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoOf course. Pensions are by far the largest part of the UK welfare bill. But pensioners are a very important voter demographic...
- phaemon 11y agoPeople are paid pensions because they're owed pensions. They've been paying into the system their entire lives, and are entitled to that money. To describe it as 'welfare' is entirely misleading.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoYou could argue the same about other benefit claimants, but this is besides the point. Most of the welfare budget is spent on pensions.
- branchless 11y agoCorrect. And there is zero info on this in our media. Same as local council pension spending which another poster had no clue about until informed.
- phaemon 11y agoNo, I couldn't claim that a 19 year old claiming JSA had been "paying into the system their entire lives". Do you not see the difference between someone in that situation and someone who's been paying NI for the past 50 years and is now claiming their pension? The fact that pensions happen to be grouped in the same category as benefits is irrelevant. If they were in a separate category it would hardly change the figures.