artisan Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 When Sheffield was a decent place to live in the 60's the public transport was run by the council and all pensioners got free travel throughout south Yorks. It cost 1p in the pound on the rates. Anyone who begrudges pensioners reduced prices should be ashamed of themselves. They have worked all their lives for the privelege Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Originally posted by sparky2 Don't forget these free passes are for anyone over 60 years old which to my mind is plain stupid when men are still working and do not draw their pension until they are 65. Why should we have to pay extra council tax etc. to pay for these people travelling too and from work for free. Same reason as when "these people" contributed through THEIR taxes to your child allowance/dole or whatever. You don't state your birthdate in your profile but even if you aren't a parent yourself yet, someone would have recieved child benefit on your behalf. My parents didn't live long enough to draw their pensions but they had contibuted it through their lives through THEIR taxes. And yes, I AM one of "these people" too, retiring 3 years ago after making my OWN contributions to the system since I started work at 15. You too will be one of THESE PEOPLE that you seem to bear a grudge against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Well said JoanL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdbmn Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Who pays for all this free/reduced price bus travel? The long suffering middle age middle income majority; it costs about £1.50 just from Abbeydale Road into town now, I don't need to go every day for work so when i do go I just park up within 10 minutes walk (it's about half an hour from my flat). If bus prices were reasonable I could just pop on one, but I refuse to pay their extortionate fares, and no I'm not lazy and I'm sure I could walk there and back but i just don't always have time. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Originally posted by sparky2 Don't forget these free passes are for anyone over 60 years old which to my mind is plain stupid when men are still working and do not draw their pension until they are 65. Why should we have to pay extra council tax etc. to pay for these people travelling too and from work for free. Sparky lad why should anyone have to pay to travel to work? the gaffers should pay. It is only because arseholes keep voting in tory governments and councils that we have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky2 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 My point was that you are not a pensioner until you are 65 so why get free travel after you are only 60 and you are still working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Women can retire at 60 at the moment and get their pension, thereby becoming pensioners.... Pensioners can also work but pay a much higher rate of tax. Therefore their FREE travel is PAID travel by another door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky2 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 What I should have said was that I dont agree with people under pension age getting free travel unless they ar in invalidity I know women retire at 60. As far as paying higher tax after retirement age I'm note sure you are correct about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Originally posted by sparky2 What I should have said was that I dont agree with people under pension age getting free travel unless they ar in invalidity I know women retire at 60. As far as paying higher tax after retirement age I'm note sure you are correct about that Please believe me, it's true and because you are on a capped wage as it were, if you do overtime or work an extra shift then you would see very little of the extra pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheShe Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 What I should have said was that I dont agree with people under pension age getting free travel unless they ar in invalidity I know women retire at 60. As far as paying higher tax after retirement age I'm note sure you are correct about that I don't know how old you are sparky2 but I am a working pensioner through necessity not choice and my government pension is taken off me in tax because it's added to my income. I've worked all my life going back when my children were six weeks old because my husband has been ill for a long time. I think I've earned free bus fare. I pay full rent and full council tax before you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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