Winter Fuel Allowance

[tyred]

Wow, so you dont even have electric then?

He generates his own

 

[Vapin' Joe]

You seem to be conflating things... taxation is not a donation. And taxation is not linked to need but to means.

I was referring to your "Each according to his needs..." quote. The same principle applies, if you can live an above average lifestyle on your net income why not donate extra payments to the Treasury so it can be spent on those who need it?

 

[User482]

I was referring to your "Each according to his needs..." quote. The same principle applies, if you can live an above average lifestyle on your net income why not donate extra payments to the Treasury so it can be spent on those who need it?

Because the Treasury will give it to people who don't need it, in the form of the winter fuel allowance...

 

[Bollo]

I've a children charity in mind for when the time comes.

Whatever you do don't turn up at an orphanage saying you've "got wood". There are enough stories like that about retired police officers already!

 

[rich p]

I've just got my winter fuel allowance, now what can I spend it on

Some clothes? A new epilator?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm hearing of people not that much older than myself getting old age pensions, free bus passes,heating allowances and other things. I feel that by the time i reach the current eligibility age they'll have moved the goal posts and i'll never see those things.

 

[Oxo]

I'm hearing of people not that much older than myself getting old age pensions, free bus passes,heating allowances and other things. I feel that by the time i reach the current eligibility age they'll have moved the goal posts and i'll never see those things.

It's not all it's cracked up to be. I can't use my bus pass until after 9:30 in the morning except weekends and bank holidays.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It's not all it's cracked up to be. I can't use my bus pass until after 9:30 in the morning except weekends and bank holidays.

Well that's not bad. It's better than i'll be getting. Anyway, i've told my daughter(19) that she should prepare to work into her 80's for any pension from the state!

 

[MontyVeda]

It's fair enough... we're living longer and are generally healthier for longer, therefore we can work for longer. Current life expectancy means a good thirty year holiday for many, reduce that to twenty and you've got ten years' more tax revenue.