On 23/11/2017 01:13, Fredxxx wrote:

On 23/11/2017 00:50, Rod Speed wrote:
"Fredxxx" wrote
On 22/11/2017 22:07, Rod Speed wrote:

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Nope, just provided with what they have paid for while they were
working.

Except they haven't paid enough.

Irrelevant. Its not a pool system. The current
amount coming in is close to what is going out.

So they haven't paid enough in..

....there's something in that. There was a time when NI for an employee
was less than £1 a week, flat rate, irrespective of earnings. But that
was more than forty years ago. Sonce 1974, NI cotrinbutions have
effectively been an extra income tax, constituting (for the average
earner) a band which was 9%, raised progressively to 10%, then 11% and
now 12%.

and rely upon others to subsidise their income.

"subsidise" isn't the correct term.

The word you were looking for was "pay".

A bit like the unemployed.

It may be irrelevant to the likes of you parasitically living off
others, but very relevant for the likes of me.

If you are lucky, you will never be unemployed.

If you are unlucky, you will never be a pensioner.