Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Eamonn Holmes loses patience as Gen Z moans at 'wealthy' pensioners raking in state pension" video.

I suspect he makes his numbers up as he goes along. Means testing would be an excellent method of encouraging people not to bother saving. I wonder if he has thought of that? Probably not.
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@REX4340 Because if people who have saved during their working lives have their savings assessed, and their potential pension reduced as a result, where is the incentive to save. Here is a definition, as you seem to need it :- A means test is a determination of whether an individual or family is eligible for government assistance or welfare, based upon whether the individual or family possesses the means to do without that help. Do you understand now?
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Have some sympathy! It looks like mummy & daddy have shut him in his bedroom.
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@davidbarlow350 Whoever paid for his schooling, their payment rather seems to have been wasted.
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@REX4340 No,. I simply explained to you what a Means Test actually involves. If you really cannot understand the implications, then I really do not feel any need to seek to educate you further.
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@martynblackburn9632 Perhaps your solution would be to house those inconvenient pensioners in large communal camps? After all, why should such wastrels be allowed such luxuries as houses or possessions?
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Perhaps because, as Napoleon expressed it 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake?'
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So, you suggest punishing those pensioners who have made arrangements to boost their finances as they age? Brilliant. You think that £20,000 is a reasonable yearly income?
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Relevance?
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@stirlingmoss9637 What leads you to that odd conclusion?
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@KevinSheedy10 How would you address the cases of those who are approaching, ot have approached, retirement age?
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@toonmag50 Keep trying. Eventually you might actually make a relevant comment.
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@toonmag50 As one of my old tutors was wont to say, 'When people resort to insults, then they have probably run out of arguments.' I disagree where you are concerned however. You never had any arguments in the first place to run out of.
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@toonmag50 Was 'Sad Man' your signature?
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