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State pensions to cost more than education, policing and defence combined (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Triple lock and more pensioners than ever.

I look forward to not getting back anything that I pay in while the current people on state pension benefit way more than they contributed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tory media promoting culture wars. The country is badly run. This is a con the Tories have pulled off for years. They shout about the expense services are costing in an attempt to remove them. The NHS is touted in the same vain and yet other countries like Germany pay less on healthcare and get more from it. The Tories have deliberately ran the system into the ground with additional costs through privatisation of services within the NHS.

You would need a break down of those costs the Times are crying over. How much is it costing for admin and private services attached to those costs. Stop buying into their shitty culture wars and think about what a country really needs. If you remove the pension system then it will be the kids who suffer the most.