tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post6415950268914032048..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Tax and Pensionssubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-29958210743056192182010-02-26T12:57:39.021+00:002010-02-26T12:57:39.021+00:00I certainly think the internet has made a differen...I certainly think the internet has made a difference to many Marvo. Also I'd like to think there are slightly less sheeple these days.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-5291147205733813652010-02-26T10:50:33.500+00:002010-02-26T10:50:33.500+00:00I may be nearly alone in knowing then what has sin...I may be nearly alone in knowing then what has since been proved.<br /><br />When I was a younger Marvo, I bored people shitless with my theories about how this handcart was going to hell.<br /><br />I could never understand why people, even those who had read Animal Farm and 1984, were convinced that everything was OK, when in those days you could work out with a slide rule that it was a scam.<br /><br />People are too stupid to make decisions, I think. I guess they deserve what they get.<br /><br />Is it the internet? Before that, people only knew what they were told by people who who were puppets of the scammasters.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-61062174667547490792010-02-25T22:17:49.784+00:002010-02-25T22:17:49.784+00:00It is Marvo. Ah Dram, you're the second perso...It is Marvo. Ah Dram, you're the second person this week that had that problem. The other one would never have thought to check because they trust authority.<br /><br />Yes there are still people alive who think governments know best.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-49267685199370635082010-02-25T22:15:01.418+00:002010-02-25T22:15:01.418+00:00Last time I checked RA it was 25 but it wouldn'...Last time I checked RA it was 25 but it wouldn't surprise me either if it's now 30. Very easy to play around with something that many think of as part of being old instead of being aware that they too will grow old.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-61094168582309358432010-02-25T22:13:17.331+00:002010-02-25T22:13:17.331+00:00You're right Apogee. There's no advantage...You're right Apogee. There's no advantage in saving and paying outright for anything these days. In fact, not so long ago I was told paying cash was so old fashioned, they preferred a credit card.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-90035302369187286032010-02-25T22:11:36.932+00:002010-02-25T22:11:36.932+00:00I have worked it out Marvo and yes it is scary. T...I have worked it out Marvo and yes it is scary. That's the reason I chose, many years ago, to build my own small pot, only for it to be devoured by Brown.<br /><br />If I knew then what I know now.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-85386923205284900832010-02-25T18:21:42.542+00:002010-02-25T18:21:42.542+00:00Ha Ha, my coding came in today and guess what? It ...Ha Ha, my coding came in today and guess what? It was wrong! They want 40% now. Not that long ago, it was only 10%! Ah, the power of enhanced IT systems nothing ever changes - crap in, crap out.Dramfinedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317798317549135378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-64845329547355455952010-02-25T18:09:08.231+00:002010-02-25T18:09:08.231+00:00It always had to be. It's basic sums.It always had to be. It's basic sums.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-38682078378542985152010-02-25T16:07:30.026+00:002010-02-25T16:07:30.026+00:00Rosa I'd check on the thirty year rule for the...Rosa I'd check on the thirty year rule for the following reason.<br /><br />When SERP first came out the promise was pensions would calculated on the average of the top ten years of earnings.<br /><br />Since then under various rip off governments the ten has been expanded to 15 - 20 then 25 years and, I suspect, has now been advanced to thirty.<br /><br />The purpose is of course to minimise the pension due.Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230294511455500220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-44712173444555948172010-02-25T15:55:19.231+00:002010-02-25T15:55:19.231+00:00Yes, it is a Ponzi scheme, but it need not have be...Yes, it is a Ponzi scheme, but it need not have been.Government could have changed this but didnt.<br />Governments will always run everything as Ponzi schemes 'cos its the only way they can be in debt and still justify huge borrowings , they know even when <br />they cock-up totally,the heavies won't come looking for them personally, it will be some other poor schmook that will have to pay.<br />The whole world has been living on a credit card for decades, accept it and be happy, the bankers are!Apogeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13942349358439102449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-30300395423873790592010-02-25T14:57:26.280+00:002010-02-25T14:57:26.280+00:00Yawn.
Sorry, Rosie. It will never be enough.
If ...Yawn.<br /><br />Sorry, Rosie. It will never be enough.<br /><br />If we are going to live longer then we have to work longer. There is no magic bullet, there is no way you can make it work. End of. It could never have worked. It is a Ponzi scam and always was, but it got people elected. The proles would never accept that they could be sold that far down the river, even if they secretly knew it to be true.<br /><br />If you have a copy of Excel, you can work it out in a few minutes. But you'll be scared.<br /><br />My theory is that is why we die.<br /><br />Also, if you have paid ANY tax, it has been stuck in a big bucket and thrown at the banks. Might as well have enjoyed it while you could.Uncle Marvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146362608723100601noreply@blogger.com