Jeremy Clackson

[eddie4x]

at the end of the day no he shouldnt of said it but he did i know alot and i mean alot of people who work in public sector who have only joined the strike due to the union so there supossed to help you out but there almost blackmailing you into striking...... the majority of peeps in the p s are on a hell of alot more money then the rest of us so why cant they just save a bit of ???? i mean at the end of the day our country is going down the loo were in a hell of a dept so cuts have to be made i dont like the torries one bit but this country needs its ass kicking into shape the mps too we should all get the vote on what happens to us not vote in some pompus twat who doesnt no what real peoples lives are like we shouldnt have a pm we should all be able to vote for laws ect.. we the people know whats best for us we need to stop being so selfish and think about others for once!

[smirnoff_rules]

Oh go on then, give me the exact figure of someone you know, which part of the public sector they worked for, how long they worked there, how much they contributed and what they receive in pension, so we can be specific.

Otherwise you may as well name yourself Dave Cameron and just quote nonsense generalisations.

my wife a teacher , l have my own company and cant get a pension like hers ..

[GastonJ]

Ah more generalisations, I know Fred Goodwin, didn't work for the public sector, gets ?700k a year pension. That fair?

[smirnoff_rules]

Ah more generalisations, I know Fred Goodwin, didn't work for the public sector, gets ?700k a year pension. That fair?

its the same thing ? we pay tax and they get silly money ,, that s no right Sir Fred Goodwin shreds his pension by ?200,000 ? but will still get ?342,500 a year | Business | The Guardian

its tax payers money

[GastonJ]

Aye well I don't see the Conservative government looking at executives pensions either. They have managed to pit working people against each other, usual Conservative trick and the country fell for it hook line and sinker.

They should have a higher tax rate for those who earn stupid amounts and use that to bring the levels of pensions in the private sector up to the same level as public sector, rather than drag everyone but their voters down.

[smirnoff_rules]

Aye well I don't see the Conservative government looking at executives pensions either. They have managed to pit working people against each other, usual Conservative trick and the country fell for it hook line and sinker.

They should have a higher tax rate for those who earn stupid amounts and use that to bring the levels of pensions in the private sector up to the same level as public sector, rather than drag everyone but their voters down.

so u think u should have more that inflation ? there not scrapping your pensions are they .

l think u lot should pay for your own pensions , and we should pull of the EU too . another waste of money ,, plus these silly wars too , l know u take 20% less wages and pay your towards your own pensions ? would u do that ?

[bobwill]

Ah more generalisations, I know Fred Goodwin, didn't work for the public sector, gets ?700k a year pension. That fair?

The reason he gets such a large pension is because a useless pratt called Gorden Brown let him get away with it when the goverment took over RBS
If any body wanted to buy a pension like the public sector gets its about 29c of your earings
How much would you need to save to buy a public sector pension? ***8211; Telegraph Blogs

[GastonJ]

I prefer this Pension Facts - Pensions Policy Institute it doesn't appear to be a backer of any political party, but I could be wrong.

[Snowy79]

The pensions were originaly shafted by Labour when they slashed the Tax relief on pension payments. In reality those with the larger pensions got shafted more than those on low pensions but the low pension people still got shafted. The latest pension cuts are only going to affect those earning over ?15,000. For a true idea where we are getting shafted here's a list of where we get shafted and who was responsible:
Tax and benefit changes 2011: find out which will hit you from today | News | guardian.co.uk

[smirnoff_rules]

? but lm still contributing to your pension ? is that fair ? do u help me out

[smirnoff_rules]

l pay 15 grand in tax and 30 in vat and havnt got a pension because it would cost over 200 aweek for a shittin 15000 a year in 10 years time .. would u pay that a week

[GastonJ]

Of course I help you out, I pay tax as well, around ?20k a year. I doubt I'll ever see that back either

[smirnoff_rules]

20k in tax ? so u r on 100000 k a year

[GastonJ]

You just assumed I was a public sector worker who earned peanuts because I support them?

[smirnoff_rules]

true .. lm lucky have a good company have a saved for when l retire , but lm not happy about people thinking there guaranteed a pension of a certain amount