Rejected petition State pension.Should be enough to live on, not just exist.

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Why do we brits have the smallest basic state pension in europe.There are millions of us existing on poverty level. We have paid over 40 years N.I.S. We don,t want benefits. Just a liveble amount. If we had paid into a private scheme for 40 years there would be an outcry.
We want a proper basic state pension now.

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Date submitted 5 August 2011
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