Just to be clear, I'm not trying to make this into pensioners vs working age people, in fact quite the opposite. People legitimately get into situations where they are close to poverty for all manner of reasons, this crosses the entire age spectrum. I'm simply saying there are retired people who can afford to pay for services they get for free (or at reduced cost), and this helps the entire country. Also, the lifetime of paying taxes and national insurance only really stacks up when you're talking about state pension, but that is currently protected anyway - which is not necessarily going to be the case for someone contributing currently in their 30s/40s. And bear in mind that current pensioners didn't pay for their state pension, that money is long gone. For society to function it takes more than people just thinking about themselves.
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Just to be clear, I'm not trying to make this into pensioners vs working age people, in fact quite the opposite. People legitimately get into situations where they are close to poverty for all manner of reasons, this crosses the entire age spectrum. I'm simply saying there are retired people who can afford to pay for services they get for free (or at reduced cost), and this helps the entire country. Also, the lifetime of paying taxes and national insurance only really stacks up when you're talking about state pension, but that is currently protected anyway - which is not necessarily going to be the case for someone contributing currently in their 30s/40s. And bear in mind that current pensioners didn't pay for their state pension, that money is long gone. For society to function it takes more than people just thinking about themselves.
shmmeee
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That’s what the General Election is for.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Very clever use of the term, working age - as opposed to working. Which apparently record numbers of working age people don't do.
Oh sorry got the wrong end of the stick there!🫣
I don't generalise, and do my best to judge each person on their individual circumstances. Unemployment isn't as black and white as "hard-working" and "lazy scrounger". + I did say I'm "not trying to make this into"
I do, should I be blanking it, don't use it except for the occasional, barely tune in?
Anyway, I got no concession on my £500 premium package in a standard zone. More fool me, paid way over the odds.I don't generalise, and do my best to judge each person on their individual circumstances. Unemployment isn't as black and white as "hard-working" and "lazy scrounger". + I did say I'm "not trying to make this into"
But you're putting more money into the club, so it's not going to waste. Hopefully we eventually get that season we all want.
Saddlebrains
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Well legally if you watch anything BBC related then yes you're meant too
Dodgy stick however you dont
Saddlebrains
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skyblueed999
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I'm 79 and have never had a free TV licence. I wish I could!
Think you can from 75 !
skyblueed999
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BBC stopped freebies when I was 74.
Oh, bugger
I did tell you,
Update, they can be had for free if you are over 75 in receipt of pension credit. So hardly anyone then.
Grendel
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I’m not eligible for another 6 years anyway now they have raised the age
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Have they just raised the pension age to 80?
