vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Why wait til you retire?!!
I haven't waited

@Rockmountain is a tad more prudent than me.
Why wait til you retire?!!
My retirement age is currently 67. I don't think so!Personally I can't wait. Only problem is I will probably have to work until I am 137 as the government will probably keep putting the age up!
Because if you are out of work you won't get full benefits specially if you have someone else in your household working.I haven't paid a full stamp all my working life(mostly self employed) to expect a full state pension,but i'll probably get the same money in other benefits when i stop working. I see those who've never worked getting the same standard of living as those who have worked so why pay it?
, Brand is right
I think he is aware of that, he just doesn't see the point as he will be topped up to a full amount with other benefits. As is done today. In fact it is pointless having a private pension if it is less than around £50 as pension credits is about the same amount. Also if you don't own your own house you will get housing benefit which includes repairs. He is therefore right (ignoring the not unreasonable moral point) but again predicting the future when we have an ageing population is very silly thing to do, very.You're wrong about that: the self-employed stamp will entitle you to a full state pension if you have paid for long enough.
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Have I got this totally wrong (as usual), but isn't this Government intending to introduce a flat rate pension allowance for every pensioner and phase out pension credit?