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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI don’t think you know what you’re talking about. The UK State Pension is unfunded, which means that its obligations are not underpinned by an actual fund or funds. Such schemes are often referred to as “Pay As You Go” (PAYG). The pension payments made by the government for unfunded pensions are financed on an ongoing basis from National Insurance contributions and general taxation.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoThat’s not a fucking Ponzi scheme dude! It’s right there in your own comment!
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoEarly investors pensioners are paid off with money put in by later ones. Sounds like a ponzi to me.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt can sound like someone’s whistling Dixie if you want to claim that, it doesn’t make it true.
I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.
The UK State Pension is unfunded, which means that its obligations are not underpinned by an actual fund or funds. Such schemes are often referred to as “Pay As You Go” (PAYG). The pension payments made by the government for unfunded pensions are financed on an ongoing basis from National Insurance contributions and general taxation.
That’s not a fucking Ponzi scheme dude! It’s right there in your own comment!
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investorspensioners are paid off with money put in by later ones.Sounds like a ponzi to me.
It can sound like someone’s whistling Dixie if you want to claim that, it doesn’t make it true.