>People wonder where all the money is going and there's no particularly good answer.
The answer is welfare. That is the original sin of all of this, and the one people refuse to acknowledge.
You need to let people fail.
The answer is welfare. That is the original sin of all of this, and the one people refuse to acknowledge.
You need to let people fail.
It’s hard to deal with that when people have been paying into the system for their whole working lives on the promise that they will be looked after in old age.
It’s hard to see how you can fix this whilst pensioners continue to vote whilst young people don’t.
They weren't paying "into the system". They were being taxed.
Treat it for what it was, and stop feeding the pyramid scheme.
It might have been better not to make that promise but you can’t blame people for accepting it.
Stop justifying pyramid schemes.
It’s too late, those promises have been made. We have to lie in the bed we made.
All you can do is stop making future promises.
Yes, that involves treating it like pyramid schemes are treated.
That means:
- Arresting those involved in making them - Reclaiming all funds paid out - Refunding all funds paid in
Anything else isn't treating it like the pyramid scheme it is.
The UK does have an issue with a lowering number of people in productive work and ever more on various kinds of disability payout, it's true, but this -
> You need to let people fail.
Doesn't really follow.
Social protection - 400 b
personal social services - 54b
health - 294b
Education - 145b
industry agriculture and employment - 51b
housing and environment - 51 billion
That accounts for roughly 70% of public sector spending, not 33%.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2025-docum...
0% insight there then.