tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post2646332940390932236..comments2023-10-30T14:11:00.298+00:00Comments on The Great Simpleton: Pensions and Inheritence TaxSimon Fawthrophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post-7471459452134117732008-04-16T15:14:00.000+00:002008-04-16T15:14:00.000+00:00Let's restrict this to Citizen's Pension for now. ...Let's restrict this to Citizen's Pension for now. All you do is scrap BSP, SERPS, free TV licence, winter fuel etc. and pay everybody over 65 (or whatever) the Pensions Credit Rate (or whatever) subject to having lived in the UK for however many years.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post-59525363108146391582008-04-16T12:10:00.000+00:002008-04-16T12:10:00.000+00:00Mark,If I thought that CBI would be the end of it ...Mark,<BR/><BR/>If I thought that CBI would be the end of it I might agree. The problem would come with politicians who wouldn't leav it alone and would want to "help" the ulnerable and chiiildreen with extra money, and the whole cyste starts again. After all, which politician is going to stand by while the Sun/Mirror/beeb show pictures of them starving on the streetSimon Fawthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19955853.post-15457847655614325972008-04-16T11:26:00.000+00:002008-04-16T11:26:00.000+00:00I just posted on moral hazard, as it happens. Solu...I just posted on <A HREF="http://markwadsworth.blogspot.com/2008/04/ons-pension-trends-survey_15.html" REL="nofollow">moral hazard</A>, as it happens. Solution is easy - flat rate non-means tested Citizen's Pension. That gets rid of moral hazard and would be a massive simplification meaning that tens of thousands of civil servants can be chucked out.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com