I think pretty much everyone agrees with that - the issue is not really means testing

Although i also quite like the argument that it should remain universal but be a taxable benefit which is perhaps more straight forward.

We all know pensioners who get it but don't need it and are happy not to get it.

What is a bit bizarre is that labour has chosen to make the threshold so low, causing themselves unnecessary harm in the process, when it would have been very straight forward to, for example, just say anyone with income of less than £20,000 or £25,000 should no longer get it.

The problem is that not that many pensioners voted labour so they will have calculated the risk to their core vote over this and some amongst the leadership think all pensioners are "rich" so don't mind a bit of collateral damage if they deny the "rich" a benefit they don't really need.

Posted By: Jim on September 11th 2024 at 10:18:33

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- Indeed (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Sep 11, 09:37:29
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      - Hilarious (General Chat) - APB, Sep 11, 11:57:26
    - ^^this^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 11, 10:38:33
      - I could have shortened that post (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 11, 11:58:24
  - Enjoying your day off so far (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Sep 11, 09:39:42
    - ..? (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Sep 11, 09:40:07
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- Voting for pensioner handouts? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 09:35:34
  - You are seriously out of touch my friend (General Chat) - Highlander, Sep 11, 12:14:16
    - I was talking about the triple lock (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 16:14:35
    - That’s not how the state pension works (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 11, 12:31:31
      - Technically, that's obviously true (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 11, 14:24:22
        
        Nobody is saying the pension should be scrapped (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 16:12:03
      - Yes, this... all state pensions are funded from current taxation (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Sep 11, 12:34:22
- Now it may sound odd but I do agree in some sort of means testing but set at a much lower (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 11, 09:34:41
  - I think pretty much everyone agrees with that - the issue is not really means testing (General Chat) - Jim, Sep 11, 10:18:33
    - Excuse my ignorance, but how would making the WFA a taxable benefit work? (General Chat) - NxNW, Sep 11, 13:15:13
      - Do they not do that anyway if they have income above the tax free allowance? (General Chat) - Jim, Sep 11, 13:21:53
        
        My assumption was that very few would, perhaps only those with investments etc that (General Chat) - NxNW, Sep 11, 15:00:07
        
        As an OAP...... (General Chat) - rosarios_school_tie, Sep 11, 17:23:05
    - Two thoughts (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Sep 11, 11:14:28
      - They used the council tax banding previously for something or other (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 11, 12:18:15
    - Yeah I agree with this, I was supportive of the idea initially, till I understood the cut (General Chat) - megson, Sep 11, 11:00:35
    - It’s mental. A massive own goal (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 11, 10:28:23
  - Agreed. (General Chat) - NxNW, Sep 11, 09:50:35
    - Its the pension credit threshold which is about 11,000 per annum. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Sep 11, 10:19:13
  - Vmt (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 11, 09:49:15

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