“The NI ‘pot’ is of course separate when it suits…”
Erm…no….it IS separate.
Ponzi scheme – yep, public sector pension schemes, underpinned by the taxpayer, council tax bills (i.e. ‘local’ taxpayers) ‘contributing’ upwards of 25% of their CT bills to fund employee pension schemes, investment risk effectively nil, because the taxpayer will bail out any shortfalls IN FULL.
Now they ARE the REAL public ponzi schemes.