@polksaladallie wrote:My view is that every benefit should be strictly means tested. There are too many people of all ages who do not need benefits, but are getting them.
We live in an area where a lot of people retire and we hear on a regular basis that "pensioners" up here have
to spend over forty seven thousand each year to stay below the pensioner threshold,(that's the lowest one that
was "quoted" to us).
So they can easily live on what they get through investments but prefer to take holidays,buy new cars,etc.
That's one of the main things wrong with how the pension is allocated,( as there must be thousands out there
in similar circumstances).
They are all of the same opinion in that they paid their taxes so they are entitled to the pension,(regardless of
how much they've saved or have invested).
Which also means that superannuation is treated the same way so the "saving for retirement" means nothing
to these type of people,(they'll use it as a holiday fund).
The Government has to change that mind set and crack down on those type of "pensioners" that do not need
the pension,
