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I Wonder How Many Wealthy Pensioners Would Be Prepaired To Hand Their Benefits Back?have Handed Their
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Should all such benefits be 'means tested', and where would this end, should 'rich' pensioners also be made to pay for NHS health care etc?
Should all such benefits be 'means tested', and where would this end, should 'rich' pensioners also be made to pay for NHS health care etc?
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A TV personality tried to do it too Umm, he got nowhere. Perhaps the should set up a helpline for people to give it back.
To answer the question, no I don't think they should be means tested, it would probably cost more to administer it all than what it would save. The focus on the news was bus passes, how much does that cost the public purse?
To answer the question, no I don't think they should be means tested, it would probably cost more to administer it all than what it would save. The focus on the news was bus passes, how much does that cost the public purse?
I disagree with means testing and no people who have again paid into the system should not have to pay for healthcare. Again it depends on how 'rich pensioners' are defined. Too much is handed out to people who have sat on their backsides and done nothing to help themselves while others have worked hard for what they have got and end up paying the cost.
Not everyone who is a pensioner has been so honest as mikey, but no, we shouldn't means-test pensions. Far too expensive to do so, costs would outweigh the savings, etc.
The better thing to do would be to make it so that people could voluntarily hand back their fre ebus pass, fuel allowance, etc., if they so wanted, and so set up a facility by which they can do so. But not means test, no sir.
The better thing to do would be to make it so that people could voluntarily hand back their fre ebus pass, fuel allowance, etc., if they so wanted, and so set up a facility by which they can do so. But not means test, no sir.
The benefits listed hardly amount to much in cash terms . Wealthy pensioners have paid more tax than the rest, given that they have paid 40 per cent, perhaps even 90 per cent, if they are old enough, top slice income tax. Why not give them a few perks ? They can always give the like sum to charity. The real objection may be that means testing for such sums costs a lot more than the sums involved.
You have to apply for a bus pass or a senior citizen train pass they don't just hand them out. If you don't want one don't apply simple.
As to the winter fuel payment there are plenty of charities that would be very grateful for being given the cash if the recipients do not want it.
Personally I think once you have worked for over 50 years and paid tax and NI you are entitled to the very small benefits of being over pension age no matter how well off or not you are.
I can't see that very many wealthy pensioners would want to queue up at a bus stop anyway , not if they can afford a car.
As to the winter fuel payment there are plenty of charities that would be very grateful for being given the cash if the recipients do not want it.
Personally I think once you have worked for over 50 years and paid tax and NI you are entitled to the very small benefits of being over pension age no matter how well off or not you are.
I can't see that very many wealthy pensioners would want to queue up at a bus stop anyway , not if they can afford a car.
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