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    Millionaires shouldn't get winter fuel payments, minister says
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    Millionaires shouldn’t get winter fuel payments, minister says

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    1. WonderingOctopus on

      At it’s core why should a benefit that is meant to help struggling people be given to people who are financially well off.

      It’s a waste of tax.

      The argument of “they have also paid into the system” doesn’t really hold weight, as the money will still go into different services that the rich will also use.

    2. KeyLog256 on

      There’s an easy answer to this, something that I learned from a friendly Redditor who pointed this out –

      Don’t test it on income. A retired person can be living on a few hundred quid a month pension but living in a fucking great mansion and taking seven holidays a year because they ran a successful business and had a crafty accountant.

      Test it on assets, overall wealth. Simple, job done.

    3. klepto_entropoid on

      I know right! Next revelatory statement bound to incite a riot: MP’s should have to pay for fucking light bulbs.

    4. Stuvas on

      A U-turn on this is going to annoy the fuck out of me. My Dad lives in my house, the only thing he pays for is his food, booze and Sky TV. He complained that he had to use his own money for Christmas presents last year.

    6. andy0506 on

      No, they shouldn’t. I work and I bet i don’t qualify if i applyed and I’m not millionaire

    7. SkipperTheEyeChild1 on

      Does that include asset millionaires? I.e. pensioners I. The south of England with a house and private pension? How are they going to value everyone’s assets?