"jgharston" wrote in message
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Mr Pounder wrote:
I am retired and have never had a penny of the state in all of my life.

Presumably if you're now retired, you *are* receiving pennies from
the state, ie your state pension?

And are you really saying you've never benefitted from the state
in any way? Are there no streetlights where you've lived, no public
highways, no fire service, no armed forces?

JGH

That is not what I meant and well you know it.