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pensioners pay tax at exactly the same rate as everyone else. Your pension is counted as income in exactly the same way as your wages are. Whilst I personally think high earners should pay more tax i don't think people with large pension incomes should be taxed more than people with high earned incomes. Where pensioners gain is that they don't pay NI - which I assume is based on the myth that the NI you pay during your working life pays for your pension when you retire. I think it would be politically difficult to change that but personally i'm not opposed to the idea. I should probably declare an interest here - I am of pension age but still work And claim my state pension so i personally benefit from not paying NI. I have always believed we should do away with NI & just have income tax & just to be clear - yes that means I would be happy to pay more tax. Don't know much about tax relief on pension contributions but the principle that basic rate tax payers get tax relief seems reasonable. But if you are a higher rate tax payer, it seems reasonable that you just get tax relief at the basic rate - and there may be a case for imposing some sort of celling where you stop getting tax relief at all. And while I am in turkey voting for Xmas mode, the triple lock is a piece of nonsense. Why should pensioners alone be guaranteed an annual increase which is almost guaranteed to to be higher than most workers & way higher than those on benefits.
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By Yoghurt on a Stick · Posted
One of my brothers got in by using the cover of an ambulance that was heading into the site. However, in my mind, that pales into insignificance compared to the story (urban myth?) about two blokes putting on high viz jac jackets (with 'SECURITY'* written on them) and real or pretend walkie talkies, and walking straight through the police compound and into the festival. May not beat the 'Twix' story in many eyes, but if true, would be a fantastic heist in mine. * 'SECURITY' - I, in a very corny fashion, once brought a jacket with 'INSECURITY' written on it in luminous letters into Glastonbury. 'It' was a 'new out' kind of jacket / bit o0f humour and I was then (and probably shall ever remain) a gullible fool, and I brought it in to the festival. I genuinely thought it would amuse some people - and it probably did. However, I'd got seperated from my mates (yes, they all ran off, I suspect) and needed a smoke. So, I went up to the Stone Circle. Well, as I was lying down there (recovering from my epic journey from our campsite to the Stone Circle), I heard a lad say to his mate 'Look at that lazy bastard security guard lying down on the ground - or some such. It was then that I 'knew' that I'd never score wearing the jacket. -
By GrumpyRaver · Posted
I was only disputing the point about Pyramid and Other headliners. LCD aren’t Electronica though… -
green policies will bring that about, which some scrutiny will make clear.
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