Reply to: How the tax money is spent by the government

[Zero Liability]

Why do they all look like this then?

Kinda in tune with the whole Nosferatu vampire look.

[PurpleGorilla]

Because they are old?

[DimPrawn]

According to David Willetts, baby boomers born between 1956 and 1961 are forecast to get from the welfare state 118% of what they will have put in.

Why do they all look like this then?

[PurpleGorilla]

According to David Willetts, baby boomers born between 1956 and 1961 are forecast to get from the welfare state 118% of what they will have put in.

[The Spartan]

According to the ONS breakdown £83bn is spent on state pensions and then another £20bn is spent on public sector pensions I wonder how many people there are with public sector pensions compared to those that get the state pension? Possibly less than 1 in 4?

[SimonMac]

He doesn't earn much pay much tax does he?

He is paying way too much to be a real contractor!

[mudskipper]

Seek, and ye shall find: How is the welfare budget spent? | Visual.ONS

State pensions is split out in the first chart.

[NotAllThere]

£26,000,000,000 on housing benefits. No wonder BTL landlords are rich and happy.

Welfare spongers that they are.

[d000hg]

Of course this doesn't include any dividends.

Wouldn't it include any attracting tax? In which case maybe that's why he's paying any at all... I think last year my SATR bill was £-18.

[AtW]

You've only paid 2 grand in taxes??!?!

[FatLazyContractor]

£2118 ?

That's less than what I pay my Polish maid a month who looks after my "welfare".

[vetran]

What pension.

State pension 'extinct in 30 years', warn one in six MPs - Telegraph

have to agree with Mauve Monkey, they will have squandered our savings. There is only one answer buy lots of rental properties!

[PurpleGorilla]

You won't think that when it's your pension bumping up the figures

What pension.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...n-six-MPs.html

[tomtomagain]

He doesn't earn much pay much tax does he?

Of course this doesn't include any dividends.

[d000hg]

He doesn't earn much pay much tax does he?