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What is the triple lock and why are people talking about it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6m03ld7nvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Politics #UK #Pensions

A note on the political claim that the state pension triple lock is 'unsustainable'. Isn't odd that: lower taxes on capital gains are never 'unsustainable', as aren't in-work benefits that subsidise low-wage employers; subsidies for industry are never 'unsustainable', as isn't the still small range of estates subject to inheritance tax each year... all of these can be sustained, but keeping old people from poverty (only just) is 'unsustainable'???? Yeah, right #politics #pensions

Chris Phillipson's defence of the triple lock on the grounds that many more will need its guarantee by the time retirement arrives, is right the button. Attempts to suggest the triple-lock is unsustainable by pitting younger generations against pensioners, wilfully ignore that for most of the population the state pension will remain a key to any sort of poverty alleviation in old age. To those claiming it won't exist then; I'd say, then campaign *for* it not against it! #politics #pensions

You're going to see a lot of reporting about the state pension next year breaching the level of the personal income tax threshold; no doubt prompting outrage at the Triple Lock & the 'un-sustainability' of the state pension in its current form. But lets be absolutely clear; the state pension is going over the income tax threshold due to a protracted strategy of fiscal drag that has been used to stealthily raise taxes on the less well paid. That is the real news here! #pensions #tax #politics

#Pensions For pension schemes, the important point is that these effects do not necessarily remain confined to a handful of obviously climate-exposed investments. Climate risks can ultimately affect the functioning of the economy and financial system as a whole. That makes climate change a strategic governance issue https://nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications/pensions-in-a-warming-world-why-climate-change-is-now-a-pension-issue/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

🎶 Always look on the bright side of life... #Capitalism #LifeExpectancy #Pensions #Retirement #Greed

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/15/labour-should-ditch-triple-lock-pensions-promise-says-oecd #Politics #Economics #Pensions

Chicago's Coming Pension 'Pneumonia' https://www.wsj.com/opinion/susana-mendoza-chicago-pensions-stock-market-aaa2f9c6 #Finance #Economy #Pensions

Opinion | Chicago's Coming Pension 'Pneumonia' https://www.wsj.com/opinion/susana-mendoza-chicago-pensions-stock-market-aaa2f9c6?mod=rss_markets_main #Finance #Economy #Pensions

The debt taken out to fund the data center boom has already been repackaged to financial SPV’s and sold to 401k retirement funds as bonds. If the power, water, and usage to these plants fails to materialise, which physics says it will, those bonds will lose value. The tech bros already outsourced their losses to US retiree’s pensions. Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sQGZXrzykpU #datacenters #401ks #retirement #funds #pensions

Sometimes humour hits the nail right on the head... so here's something from Private Eye that sums up the UK's pensions problem more concisely than any reasoned analysis might manage! #pensions #humour #politics