Public sector strikes on Wednesday

[brocklanders023]

My mind is fine, and I stand by all of my coments.
Especially on strike action.

You can stand by which ever comments you want but some of them are just plain wrong.

 

[NAILTRAIL96]

As are yours to me.

 

[cchris2lou]

public worker here . my employer ( school ) is not going on strike as we are a boarding school wuth special needs students it would be a nightmare to send kids home and back again .
Headteacher is sending a letter home instead to all parents explaining the situation .

my pension scheme is excellent ( weathiest council in the uk ) .

still young so dont really care about all that yet , hopefully by then I will have achieved world domination and wont have to worry about all that .

 

[Neil]

my pension scheme is excellent ( weathiest council in the uk ) .

still young so dont really care about all that yet

IME, that tends to be the problem for a big chunk of society.

They are either oblivious, or can't be bothered about it yet - they'll worry about it later.

Problem is, tomorrow never comes, and unless you think of it from the outset of your working life, that pension contributions are a "deduct at source" type of overhead, many will always procrastinate, then think they can't afford it.

 

[captaincosmic]

Well I can't afford a pension and I am self employed so no one will contribute to mine so I figure on working til I die hopefully a nice quick heart attack not a slow frostbitten existence in a doorway
So I am sorry that I cannot agree with the strikes but hey you can have my 50% tax and plan for you future with my blessing

 

[NAILTRAIL96]

my pension scheme is excellent ( weathiest council in the uk ) .

still young so dont really care about all that yet

IME, that tends to be the problem for a big chunk of society.

They are either oblivious, or can't be bothered about it yet - they'll worry about it later.

Problem is, tomorrow never comes, and unless you think of it from the outset of your working life, that pension contributions are a "deduct at source" type of overhead, many will always procrastinate, then think they can't afford it.

Sensible words, It may seem like a good pension now but so did the pensions of others on this thread at the time.
Things change, take nothing for granted.
If you're in your 20's now you'll probably have to work into your 70's and live to over 100.
A bit of thought now could make a massive difference later.
Edited because I don't know what a goos pension is.

 

[mikee]

save and invest

pensions are just a scam

 

[Scougar]

Well I can't afford a pension and I am self employed so no one will contribute to mine so I figure on working til I die hopefully a nice quick heart attack not a slow frostbitten existence in a doorway
So I am sorry that I cannot agree with the strikes but hey you can have my 50% tax and plan for you future with my blessing

Self-employed is never easy, but without being rude and with respect to you.. that is a life choice (and a brave one). You can also right things down to expenses etc, so that 50% tax is not quite as you say it is. (I have a fair few self-employed mates, but I don't claim to know the in's and out's).

I still have to 'pay' for my pension, just like private people have to pay, it's just the government (Incidently.. mine is a self funding one, so we generate millions for the treasury, more than any of your 'tax' pays for my wages) put in a reasonable portion. I still can't "afford it", and would stop it if I could.. but once in you can't stop apparently?!?!? So even though I don't want it, I can't actually avoid having to pay the extra penalty for mine if that happens.

I think the private pensions are a shambles personally, and you get VERY bad value for money... so why would we want to have pensions that basically screwed us over in later years? Also.. it STILL isn't the terms we signed up with.

 

[NAILTRAIL96]

Well I can't afford a pension and I am self employed so no one will contribute to mine so I figure on working til I die hopefully a nice quick heart attack not a slow frostbitten existence in a doorway
So I am sorry that I cannot agree with the strikes but hey you can have my 50% tax and plan for you future with my blessing

Self-employed is never easy, but without being rude and with respect to you.. that is a life choice (and a brave one). You can also right things down to expenses etc, so that 50% tax is not quite as you say it is. (I have a fair few self-employed mates, but I don't claim to know the in's and out's).

I still have to 'pay' for my pension, just like private people have to pay, it's just the government (Incidently.. mine is a self funding one, so we generate millions for the treasury, more than any of your 'tax' pays for my wages) put in a reasonable portion. I still can't "afford it", and would stop it if I could.. but once in you can't stop apparently?!?!? So even though I don't want it, I can't actually avoid having to pay the extra penalty for mine if that happens.

I think the private pensions are a shambles personally, and you get VERY bad value for money... so why would we want to have pensions that basically screwed us over in later years? Also.. it STILL isn't the terms we signed up with.

Self employment isn't always a choice, a lot of jobs which were once employed are now only available to contractors (so employers can save on pension contributions).
They may pay slightly more but it in no way makes up the difference.

 

[marky2484]

"So I am sorry that I cannot agree with the strikes but hey you can have my 50% tax and plan for you future with my blessing"

If you're a 50% tax payer you're unlikely to be dying in a doorway.
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