It was and is a tax. All be it originally a hypothecated one. But the idea that we are 'owed' a state pension beause we have paid for it was and is a myth (View Post)

For sure. But that doesn't mean we can't work to educate people. And we certainly shouldn't be seeing supposedly politically literate people on PB still believing the myth of 'paying into my State pe… (View Post)

That doesn't matter. NI was never intended as us paying for our own retirement. We were paying for those who had already retired. It was part of the cradle to the grave safety net, not a means to sup… (View Post)

The original 'contract' as set out by the post war Government was that we would pay NI to pay for pensions for the existing pensioners at the time and when we got to the point of retirement then the … (View Post)

Of course. Utter slimeball. (View Post)