ACT raising pension age

[Lilith7]

For me, it's like paying taxes. It is a privilege. It means you have earned or outlaid money and benefited from it. Debt is the same thing, you borrowed, benefited, now you pay back. Unless of course like some you don't, and go bankrupt, or insolvent, and convince yourself that's okay because 'everyone does it'. Victimless crimes... Same level of self delusion. Ditto tax evasion, or avoidance. Personally I don't see the difference, but then I'm not making money being a financial consultant. And taking welfare money because it's there not because it is needed is just a bit sus. Especially if you then turn round and look down on the poor sods who do need it...

I have been arguing the point on farcebbok with a guy who genuinely thinks wealth comes from hard work and sacrifice and anyone who wants to can do it. I really really hope he isn't one of those people he's talking about because he may well be heading for a rude awakening. With luck though, he has family money...

But those kind of crimes aren't always 'victimless' regardless of how much those committing them like to claim they are. And if someone has oodles of money, then they should be paying their fair share of taxes as specified by their govt. rather than finding ways to avoid it.

If wealth invariably came from hard work & sacrifice then surely almost everyone would be wealthy.

I think dogs are right. Humans are nuts.