Thread: The final link in the chain

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

since she began working she has paid her full stamp

For those not of UK extraction the "stamp" is the term for social security taxes, she will also be paying "income tax" on her earned income and "VAT Tax" on her spending. So she will be paying 20 to 50 % of her earnings staright back to the UK government. This allows HMG to spend it on what the "voters" agree

As she is also married to an upstanding British citizen she will not be able to claim any benefits herself, she can try but she wont get any. Her pension entiltlement will be based on the number of years she contributes, with present trends she will be 85 years old before she is entitled to one. Probably the main benefit she will get now is the good old NHS - which remains free at the point of service (free doctors appointments and free hospital charges, outpatients drugs are subsidised).

Not sure if she can get free education, up to the age of 18 years normally, I am assuming she is way past that age not having met her. If she wanted anything further she would be charged. Any kids schooled in the UK would get free state education irrespective of sex, race, colour or religion.

All the above benefits, wrenched from the ruling classes by the trades unions and their political parties, are currently under attacked due to financial impropriety by the last few governments helped along their way by financial experts who got it right for themselves, but not their clients.