Quote Originally Posted by Sickas View Post
I’d suggest you redo your maths and then workout the difference between £364 million and billion.

Factoring in a lot of those 40,000 are still taxpayers, the cost to the treasury to bail the country out with furlough, interest free loans and grants. Then also how much tax revenue will be lost over the next tax five years while things return to normal , I don’t think any government will be dishing out high fives over a pandemic not only killing its population but decimating the economy. Do you ?
True enough Sickas, not all were old and many still contributing. The furlough is just temporary though, pension savings are forever. The government just does what always did - borrow from itself with imaginary money.